Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 2:12
See notes on verse 6
See notes on verse 6
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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.)
_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...
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...
Acts 2:1-13. THE HOLY GHOST GIVEN AT PENTECOST. EFFECT FIRST PRODUCED THEREBY ON THE DWELLERS AT JERUSALEM...
_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...
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...
AND WERE IN DOUBT,— "And they were all in a mixture of amazement and perplexity....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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?...
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]
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
AND THEY WERE ALL AMAZED, AND WERE IN DOUBT, SAYING ONE TO ANOTHER, WHAT MEANETH THIS?...
The effect of the miracle upon the multitude:...
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...
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....
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...
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...
OLBGrk; THEY WERE ALL AMAZED; so ACTS 2:7; existanto, they were as in an ecstasy, (the object was too strong for the faculty), they could not fathom the cause or reason of these wonderful things; and...
Acts 2:12 So G1161 were G1839 all G3956 amazed G1839 (G5710) and G2532 perplexed G1280 (G5707) saying...
‘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...
THE REACTION OF THE HEARERS (2:5-13)....
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...
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...
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 2:1 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
AMAZED AND CONFUSED. They could not account for the cause of this they were hearing....
_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...
_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
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...
Acts 10:17; Acts 17:20; Luke 15:26; Luke 18:36...
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....
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...
They were all amazed — All the devout men....