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ACTS 2:12 dihpo,roun
The middle voice of diaporei/n (a A B 076) is so appropriate here
that, if it were original, it is difficult to account for its being
altered to the active voice in the great mas...
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WERE IN DOUBT - This expression, διηπόρουν diēporoun,
denotes “a state of hesitancy or anxiety about an event.” It is
applied to those who are traveling, and are ignorant of the way, or
who hesitate...
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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 ...
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THE EFFECT ON OUTSIDERS. The visitation has taken place in a house,
but the noise is heard, not the speaking with tongues, all over the
town; a crowd collects, made up of pious and thoughtful men, Jew...
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So when the day of Pentecost came round, they were all together in one
place; and all of a sudden there came from heaven a sound like that of
a violent, rushing wind and it filled the whole house wher...
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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...
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WERE IN DOUBT. were perplexed. Occurs here; Acts 5:24; Acts 10:17;
Luke 9:7; Luke 24:4.
WHAT MEANETH THIS?. What does this imply? Greek. _thelo._ (App-102.)
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_they were all amazed, and were in doubt_ Rather, AND WERE PERPLEXED.
The original means they did not know what to make of what they saw and
heard. They had no doubt of the facts, for their ears bore...
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Acts 2:1-13. THE HOLY GHOST GIVEN AT PENTECOST. EFFECT FIRST PRODUCED
THEREBY ON THE DWELLERS AT JERUSALEM...
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ΤΊ ΘΈΛΕΙ with ABCD. _Vulg_. has ‘quidnam vult.’ א reads
τί θέλοι without ἄν, which seems to confirm the correctness
of the other uncials, θέλοι being only a slip of the scribe for
θέλει.
12. ΔΙΗΠΟΡΟΥ...
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_THE LOST ARE GATHERED ACTS 2:5-15:_ The sound like a rushing mighty
wind and the tongues parting asunder like fire resulted in the
multitude coming together. "There were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews,
d...
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ΈΞΊΣΤΑΝΤΟ _impf. ind. med., см._ Acts 2:7.
ΔΙΗΠΌΡΟΥΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΔΙΑΠΟΡΈΩ (G1280)
быть в растерянности, быть смущенным,
быть в замешательстве (LN, 1:381). О
варианте ΔΙΗΠΟΡΟΫ́ΝΤΟ (impf. _in...
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AND WERE IN DOUBT,— "And they were all in a mixture of amazement and
perplexity....
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b.
The result of the baptism. Acts 2:5-13.
Acts 2:5
Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every
nation under heaven.
Acts 2:6
And when this sound was heard, the multitude cam...
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See notes on verse 6...
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And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another,
What meaneth this?
AND THEY WERE ALL AMAZED, AND WERE IN DOUBT, [ dieeporoun (G1280),
or-ounto] - were quite at a loss (cf. Acts...
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20 It seems that Judas did not pay for the freehold, but returned the
thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests. They had a consultation,
and used the money to complete the purchase. The freehold w...
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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...
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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,...
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THEY WERE ALL AMAZED, AND WERE IN DOUBT. — The last word is somewhat
stronger in the Greek: “were much perplexed,” as in Luke 24:4. No
New Testament writer uses it except St. Luke.
WHAT MEANETH THIS?...
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διηπόρουν : not found in LXX (only in Psalms 76:5, and Daniel
2:3, Symmachus), and peculiar to St. Luke in the N.T., once in his
Gospel, Luke 9:7 (Luke 24:4 ἀπορεῖσθαι, W.H [122]
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SPEAKING IN STRANGE TONGUES
Acts 2:1-13
The priests in the Temple were offering the first loaves of the new
harvest, in celebration of the feast of Pentecost, when the Holy
Spirit came as the first f...
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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...
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The Audience Reaction
Moses instructed that all males be present for the feast of Pentecost,
so it is no surprise that Luke would say, "Now there were dwelling in
Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from ever...
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(2) And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to
another, What meaneth this?
(2) God's word pierces some in such a way that it drives them to seek
out the truth, and it so chokes others...
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THE LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL NOT LOST
9-12. Volumes have been written, and weary eyes amid nocturnal
lucubrations have toiled through the intervening ages hunting the lost
tribes of Israel. It is rather...
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And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another,
What meaneth this? (13) Others mocking said, These men are full of new
wine.
I detain the Reader over these two verses, just to call...
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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...
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12._Others mocking _Hereby it appeareth how monstrous as well the
sluggishness, as also the ungodliness of men is, when Satan hath taken
away their mind. If God should openly (and visibly) descend fro...
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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...
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AND THEY WERE ALL AMAZED,.... That is, all these devout men, Jews and
proselytes, which came from other nations before mentioned:
AND WERE IN DOUBT; not whether the apostles spoke in various
language...
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Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the
wonderful works of God.
12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another,
What meaneth this?
Ver. 12. _The wonderfu...
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_And there were dwelling_ Or sojourning; _in Jerusalem, Jews_ Now
gathered from all parts, by the peculiar providence of God; _devout_
Greek, ευλαβεις, _pious men, from every nation under heaven_
Shou...
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AND THEY WERE ALL AMAZED, AND WERE IN DOUBT, SAYING ONE TO ANOTHER,
WHAT MEANETH THIS?...
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The effect of the miracle upon the multitude:...
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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...
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SO THEY WERE ALL AMAZED AND PERPLEXED, SAYING TO ONE ANOTHER, "
WHATEVER COULD THIS MEAN? "
1. Amazed - This was an amazing event. They were in awe and wonder.
2. Perplexed - They were also puzzled....
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And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another,
What meaneth this?
'PERPLEXED'-'utterly at. loss' (Rhm). 'To be wholly at. loss'
(Robertson p. 24)
'SAY ONE TO ANOTHER'-'In their...
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5-13 The difference in languages which arose at Babel, has much
hindered the spread of knowledge and religion. The instruments whom
the Lord first employed in spreading the Christian religion, could
h...
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Acts 2:12 So G1161 were G1839 all G3956 amazed G1839 (G5710) and G2532
perplexed G1280 (G5707) saying...
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‘And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to
another, “What does this mean?” But others mocking said, “They
are filled with sweet wine.” '
Opinions about what was happening were divide...
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THE REACTION OF THE HEARERS (2:5-13)....
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Acts 2:12-13. AND THEY WERE ALL AMAZED... OTHERS MOCKING, SAID, THESE
MEN ARE FULL OF NEW WINE. The effect of the Pentecost miracle was
twofold. Some were convinced, some became inquirers. We read lat...
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WERE PERPLEXED
(διηπορουντο). Imperfect middle of διαπορεω
(δια, α privative, πορος) to be wholly at a loss. Old verb,
but in N.T. only in Luke and Acts. They continued amazed
(εξισταντο) and puzzl...
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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...
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Acts 2:1
Pentecost
I. The congregation in that upper room was the representative, or, as
it were, the seed-germ, of the whole Catholic Church of all the
centuries and of every land. For a symbol of t...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 2:1. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all
with one accord in one place. «And suddenly there came a sound from
heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the hous...
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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...
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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...
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AMAZED AND CONFUSED. They could not account for the cause of this they
were hearing....
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_And they were all amazed._
WHIT SUNDAY, OR WHAT OUR CHURCHES NEED
Notice--
I. Three things immediately preceding the outpouring of the
Spirit--things which if not the direct cause of a revival, al...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 2:5. DWELLING AT JERUSALEM.—Not. “permanently residing”
only, a sense the word usually has in Luke’s writings (Luke 1:19;
Luke 4:16; Luke 13:4
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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....
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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...
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Acts 10:17; Acts 17:20; Luke 15:26; Luke 18:36...
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Were in doubt [δ ι η π ο ρ ο υ ν]. Used by Luke only. See on
Luke 9:7. Better, as Rev., perplexed....
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THE RESULTS OF PENTECOST
Acts 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Before Christ went away He said unto the disciples, "Behold, I send
the promise of My Father upon you: but tarry ye in Jerusalem, until ye
be en...
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They were all amazed — All the devout men....