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Acts 2:34
For David is not ascended into the heavens; but he saith himself, the Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou on My right hand,
For David is not ascended into the heavens; but he saith himself, the Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou on My right hand,
Verse 34. _DAVID IS NOT ASCENDED_] Consequently, he has not sent forth this extraordinary gift, but it comes from his Lord, of whom he said, _The Lord said unto my Lord_, c. Matthew 22:44, Matthew 22:...
FOR DAVID IS NOT ASCENDED INTO THE HEAVENS - That is, David has not risen from the dead and ascended to heaven. This further shows that Psalms 16:1 could not refer to David, but must refer to the Mess...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1)._ 2. The Immediate Effect of His Presence (Acts 2:5). 3. Peter's Address (Acts 2:14). 4. The Result of the Witness ...
PETER EXPLAINS THE OCCURRENCE. Peter is, as before, the mouthpiece of the community. His speech is not addressed to foreigners but to the people of Jerusalem, and shows us, as his other speeches do, t...
THE DAY OF PENTECOST (Acts 2:1-13) We may never know precisely what happened on the Day of Pentecost but we do know that it was one of the supremely great days of the Christian Church. for on that da...
"Men of Israel, listen to these words. Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by deeds of power and wonders and signs, which God, among you, did through him, as you yourselves know this man,...
IS NOT ASCENDED. went not up. Therefore still sleeping. Compare Acts 13:36. THE HEAVENS. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10....
_For David is not ascended_ Better _ascended not_. He went down to the grave, and "slept with his fathers." _but he saith himself_ in Psalms 110:1. Speaking AS a prophet, and of the same person, whom,...
ΟΥ̓ … ἈΝΈΒΗ, _he ascended not_. He went down to the grave, and ‘slept with his fathers.’ ΛΈΓΕΙ ΔΈ. The passage is from Psalms 110:1. David saith, speaking as a prophet, and concerning the same person,...
RECITAL OF GOD’S TESTIMONY BY THE RESURRECTION TO THE MESSIAHSHIP OF JESUS...
_THE SERMON IS PREACHED ACTS 2:16-39:_ Peter said the events of Pentecost were predicted by the prophet Joel. This is what Joel had predicted. The " last days" refers to the Christian dispensation tha...
ΆΝΈΒΗ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G305) восходить, ΚΆΘΟΥ _praes. imper. med., см._ Acts 2:2....
FOR DAVID IS NOT ASCENDED— It was a truth well known and established among the Jews, that many of the Psalms and other prophetic writings were spoken in the person of the Messiah; and accordingly St....
c. The sermon of Peter. Acts 2:14-36. Acts 2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spake forth unto them, saying, Ye men THE TOMB OF DAVID The whole group of buildin...
34, 35. One more point established, not so much in proof of the exaltation of Christ, as to show that it also was a subject of prophesy, and this inimitable argument will be complete. (34) "_For David...
For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, FOR DAVID IS NOT ASCENDED INTO THE HEAVENS - that is, in the body; indeed, h...
18 Peter, not Joel, speaks of prophesying. It is an inspired break between that part of Joel's prophecy which was fulfilled at Pentecost and that which is yet future. 22 In the evangel of the kingdom...
2:34 himself, (a-12) See Psalms 110:1 ....
THE DAY OF PENTECOST 1-13. Pentecost. On this day the risen Lord fulfilled His promise to send another Comforter (or Advocate) 'that He may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of Truth, whom the...
ST. PETER'S SERMON AND ITS EFFECTS. Peter's sermon falls into four divisions: (1) Acts 2:14. Explanation of the phenomenon of speaking with tongues as a manifestation of the outpouring of the Spirit f...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 2 THE *HOLY SPIRIT COMES AT *PENTECOST, 2:1-4 V1 On the day called *Pentecost, the *disciples were all together, in one place. V2 Immediately,...
THE LORD SAID.... — There is, when we remember what had passed but seven weeks before, something very striking in the reproduction by St. Peter of the very words by which our Lord had brought the scri...
St. Peter does not demand belief upon his own assertion, but he again appeals to the Scriptures, and to words which could not have received a fulfilment in the case of David. In this appeal he reprodu...
DAVID'S LORD AND OURS Acts 2:25-36 When one considers the vast result of this address, one wonders at its simplicity. It is almost entirely a string of apt quotations. But what may not the Word of G...
The first paragraph of this chapter records the first page of the history of the Church. It is seen as it began to form. The separated units of the disciples were fused into the new unity of the Churc...
David's Prophecies Concerning Christ Peter quoted from Psalms 16:8-11, saying that in it David was speaking concerning the Christ. Jesus died and his body was lain in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea,...
CHRIST, DAVID'S SUCCESSOR 22-35. We find in these Scriptures that Christ was predestinated to suffer and die to redeem the world. While this is true, it was perfectly optionary with Judas, the Jews an...
HEAVENLY CORONATION 29-35. When I was in Jerusalem and visiting this spot, on which they were praying when the Holy Ghost fell on them, my guide pointed me out David's tomb right there in full view. S...
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: (15) For these ar...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
34._For doubtless David _Although they might easily gather by the very effect which they saw with their eyes, that the principality was granted and given to Christ, yet to the end his glory may carry...
Chapter 2 relates the fulfilment of this promise, in answer to the spirit of dependence manifested in their united prayers. The Spirit comes from above, in His own power, to possess and fill the dwel...
FOR DAVID IS NOT ASCENDED INTO THE HEAVENS,.... In his body, that being still in the grave, in his sepulchre, which remained to that day, though in his soul he was ascended to heaven; his Spirit had r...
For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Ver. 34. _Is not ascended_] viz. Bodily, and to sit at God's right hand as Kin...
_This Jesus_ Whom we assert to be the true Messiah; _hath God raised up_ According to the tenor of his promise; _whereof_ Of which resurrection; _we all are witnesses_ On our personal and certain know...
SIT THOU ON MY RIGHT HAND; be exalted, and thine enemies all subdued. Psalms 110:1; MATTHEW 22:42-46....
The feast of Pentecost in Israel looked forward to the very day on which God had decreed that the Spirit of God should come to form and indwell and empower the Church of God, which Christ had declared...
" FOR DAVID DID NOT ASCEND INTO THE HEAVENS, BUT HE SAYS HIMSELF:_‘THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, _ "_ SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,_ 1. David did not ascend to heaven, he went to Hades. David is clearly talking...
For David ascended not into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 'FOR DAVID ASCENDED NOT INTO THE HEAVENS'-'Peter does not demand belief upon his...
22-36 From this gift of the Holy Ghost, Peter preaches unto them Jesus: and here is the history of Christ. Here is an account of his death and sufferings, which they witnessed but a few weeks before....
FOR DAVID IS NOT ASCENDED INTO THE HEAVENS; hence St. Peter here proves, that these words, spoken by David, were not principally to be understood concerning himself, but concerning Christ the Messiah;...
34, 35. One more point established, not so much in proof of the exaltation of Christ, as to show that it also was a subject of prophesy, and this inimitable argument will be complete. (34) "_ For Davi...
Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments And at Pentecost so as to presignify the kingdom of heaven as He Himself first ascended to heaven and brought man as a gift to God.[439]...
Acts 2:34 For G1063 David G1138 not G3756 ascend G305 (G5627) into G1519 heavens G3772 but G1161 says...
PETER'S REPLY (2:14-36). In his reply Peter reveals a combination of what he has learned through the ministry of Jesus, and what Jesus had made clear to His disciples over His resurrection appearances...
“For David ascended not into the heavens: but he says himself, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit you on my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.” He then again contrasts David'...
_Third Division of St. Peter's Discourse,_ 29-36. The preacher shows that that great Psalm which he has used as a bulwark of his argument respecting Messiah, could not by any possibility refer to Dav...
_St. Peter's First Discourse,_ 14-36. No doubt the few discourses St. Luke has given us in the ‘Acts,' represent faithfully the various characteristic features of early apostolic preaching. They are s...
Acts 2:34-35. FOR DAVID IS NOT ASCENDED INTO THE HEAVENS: BUT HE SAITH HIMSELF, THE LORD SAID UNTO MY LORD, SIT THOU ON MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I MAKE THY FOES THY FOOTSTOOL. The preacher, here fearful l...
ASCENDED NOT (ου--ανεβη). It is more emphatic than that: For not David ascended into the heavens. Peter quotes Psalms 110:1 as proof. No passage in the O.T. is so constantly quoted as Messianic as t...
Acts 2:14 The first Gospel Sermon There are four links in St. Peter's chain of evidence. The first two, lying within the knowledge of his hearers, are briefly handled; the last two, being facts lyin...
Acts 2 We have here the history of the first Christian revival. Let us trace it through, and mark at once its origin and its characteristics. I. It was ushered in by prayer. Like true children of God...
Acts 2:14. _But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you and hearken to my words:_ A g...
Acts 2:1. _And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place._ The first lesson that we ought to learn from this inspired record of what happened on the day of...
We cannot too often read the story of that wondrous outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; and let us never read it without asking the Lord to manifest in our midst the fullness of the...
CONTENTS: Holy Spirit's coming on day of Pentecost. The gospel given to the Jews. Peter's great sermon on the resurrected Christ, and the conviction of the people. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit...
Acts 2:1. _The day of Pentecost._ The fiftieth day after our Lord's resurrection, and the day when the sheaf of the firstfruits was offered. Though the feast of Pentecost was but one day, yet like the...
FOR DAVID HIMSELF. On _"where are the dead?"_ see notes on Luke 16:19-31. RATHER HE SAID. Psalms 110:1. (Jesus also quotes this and applies it to himself, Matthew 22:43-46) THE LORD. God the Father
_But Peter standing up with the eleven._ THE SCENE Never was such an audience assembled as that before which this poor fisherman appeared: men of different nations, rapidly and earnestly speaking in...
_Ye men of Israel, hear these words._ PERSONAL PREACHING One of the old English worthies said that a great many sermons were like carefully written letters dropped into the post-office without any a...
_Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted._ THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD The phrase imports-- I. The unspeakable felicity into which Christ’s human nature--for it is of Christ incarnate that this...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 2:14 The Witness in Jerusalem. Beginning with Peter’s sermon at Pentecost and continuing through ch. Acts 5:1, the Christians’ witness is limited to the city of Jerus
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 2:34 When Peter says that David DID NOT ASCEND INTO THE HEAVENS, he is referring to his body. ⇐...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 2:22. MIGHTY WORKS, WONDERS, AND SIGNS.—Compare 2 Corinthians 12:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Hebrews 2:
EXPOSITION ACTS 2:1 _Was now come _for _was fully come, _A.V.; _all together _for _with one accord, _A.V. and T.R. WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST WAS NOW COME; literally, _when the day of Pentecost_—_i.e....
Now when the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1) This would be feast day following the Passover, of which Jesus was crucified. And fifty days after the Passover, the second major Jewish feast, the Feast of Pe...
1 Corinthians 15:25; Ephesians 1:22; Hebrews 1:13; Luke 20:42;...
Is not ascended [ο υ α ν ε β η]. Aorist, did not ascend....
Sit thou on my right hand — In this and the following verse is an allusion to two ancient customs; one, to the highest honour that used to be paid to persons by placing them on the right hand, as Solo...
Is David in heaven or not? PROBLEM: Peter seems to imply here that David was not in heaven. He wrote, “David did not ascend into the heavens.” Yet the Bible indicates that David was one of God’s choi...