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Verse Acts 2:20. _THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS, AND THE
MOON_ _INTO BLOOD_] These are figurative representations of
_eclipses_, intended most probably to point out the fall of the
_civil_ an...
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THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS - See the notes on Matthew
24:29. The same images used here with reference to the sun and moon
are used also there: They occur not infrequently, Mark 13:24; 2 Pet...
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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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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...
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But Peter stood up with the eleven and raised his voice and said to
them, "You who are Jews and you who are staying in Jerusalem, let this
be known to you and listen to my words. These men are not, as...
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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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TURNED. changed. Only here; Galatians 1:1; Galatians 1:7; James 4:9.
INTO. App-104.
NOTABLE. Greek. _epiphanes._ Only here. Same word as in the
Septuagint. Compare App-106. The kindred noun, _epiphan...
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_that great and notable day_ Instead of _notable_we have in Joel
_terrible_. The words of the N. T. are those of the LXX. The Hebrew
verbs _to fear_and _to see_have often been confounded in that versi...
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SKETCH OF ST PETER’S SERMON. REFUTATION OF THE MOCKERS...
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ἘΠΙΦΑΝΗ͂, _notable_. The Hebrew word in Joel means
_terrible_. But the Hebrew verbs _to fear_ and _to see_ are often
confounded in the LXX. version, with which the quotation in the text
agrees. The pr...
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_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...
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ΜΕΤΑΣΤΡΑΦΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_
ΜΕΤΑΣΤΡΈΦΩ (G3344) изменять, обращаться.
Предложное сочетание передает идею
изменения (МН, 318).
ΈΛΘΕΪ́Ν _aor. act. inf. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064)
приходить. _Inf._ с...
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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...
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See notes on verse 19...
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The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,
before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS, AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD,
BEFORE THAT GREAT...
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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...
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2:20 appearing (b-18) Though used for 'illustrious,' 'glorious,' the
Greek word has in it the sense of 'manifestation, appearing,
displaying itself.' see Titus 2:11 ,Titus 2:13 . Lord (c-22)
'Jehovah;...
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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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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...
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THAT GREAT AND NOTABLE DAY] i.e. either the destruction of Jerusalem,
or Christ's Second Advent....
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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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THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS. — Both clauses bring before
us the phenomena of an eclipse: the total darkness of the sun, the
dusky copper hue of the moon. Signs, of which these were but faint...
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For similar prophetic imagery taken from the startling phenomena of an
eclipse in Palestine, _cf._ Isaiah 13:10; Ezekiel 32:7; Amos 8:9.
πρὶν ἢ ἐλθεῖν. The LXX omit ἤ, and Weiss contends
that this is...
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THE OUTPOURED SPIRIT
Acts 2:14-24
The exulting joy of these Spirit-anointed people was accounted for by
some through charging them with drunkenness. Peter dismissed the
charge as absurd, seeing that...
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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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Spoken By Joel
Peter immediately set out to end the wild speculations as to the cause
of the apostles being able to speak in languages they had never
studied. First, he observed that it was just 9 a.m...
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MIRACLES OF THE END
19, 20. These two verses describe the miracles of the end of the
present age. You see how Peter couples them right on to the miracles
of Pentecost; because he expected the Lord to...
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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...
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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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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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THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS,.... As at the death of Christ,
by a total eclipse of it:
AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD; as at the opening of the sixth seal,
Revelation 6:12
BEFORE THAT GREAT AND NO...
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The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before
that great and notable day of the Lord come:
Ver. 20. _The sun shall be turned_] He seems to set forth the great
troubles of the...
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_But this is that which was spoken by the Prophet Joel_ But there is
another and better way of accounting for what you see and hear. It is
the accomplishment of a remarkable prophecy, in its primary a...
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SUN-TURNED INTO DARKNESS; the sun and moon were emblems of the civil
government of the Jews, which should be overthrown and destroyed
before that great and notable day, when the Lord should appear for...
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THE SERMON OF PETER AND ITS EFFECT.
The introduction of the sermon:...
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THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED IN TO DARKNESS, AND THE MOON IN TO BLOOD,
BEFORE THAT GREAT AND NOTABLE DAY OF THE LORD COME;...
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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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_‘AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THE LAST DAYS, SAYS GOD,THAT I WILL
POUR OUT OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH; YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL
PROPHESY,YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS,YOUR OLD MEN SHALL D...
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The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before
the day of the Lord come, That great and notable day.
Points to Note:
If one reads the O.T., they will find such language is oft...
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14-21 Peter's sermon shows that he was thoroughly recovered from his
fall, and thoroughly restored to the Divine favour; for he who had
denied Christ, now boldly confessed him. His account of the mir...
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OLBGrk;
THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS, AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD; this
agrees with the other words in the forecited prophecy, JOEL 2:31. How
these amazing signs shall be fulfilled, whether liter...
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Dubious Hippolytus Fragments
the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood.[108]...
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Acts 2:20 sun G2246 turned G3344 (G5691) into G1519 darkness G4655 And
G2532 moon G4582 into G1519 blood...
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“And I will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth
beneath, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke. The sun will be turned
into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the day of the...
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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...
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_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...
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Acts 2:19-20. AND I WILL SHOW WONDERS IN HEAVEN ABOVE, AND SIGNS IN
THE EARTH BENEATH; BLOOD, FIRE, AND VAPOUR OF SMOKE... BEFORE THAT
GREAT AND NOTABLE DAY OF THE LORD COME. The Messianic dispensatio...
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SHALL BE TURNED
(μεταστραφησετα). Second future passive of
μεταστρεφω, common verb, but only three times in the N.T.
(Acts 2:20 from Joel; James 4:9; Galatians 1:7). These are the
"wonders" or porte...
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Acts 2:20 , ACTS 2:32
The first Christian Apology
I. The audience which St. Peter addressed were familiar with the main
outlines of Jesus' life as recent and notorious events. We assume them
also. Fo...
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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...
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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. _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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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...
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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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19-20. I WILL PERFORM MIRACLES. _Johnson_ understands this to refer to
the coming destruction of Jerusalem (70 A.D.). "Day of the Lord" is
used by Joel to mean a _great disaster (see Joel 2)._ Compare...
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_And it shall come to pass in the last days._
THE GOSPEL AGE
Four things taught here determine the gospel age.
I. It is connected with an extraordinary effusion of the Divine
Spirit, “I will pour o...
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_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...
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_The sun shall be turned into darkness._
DOWNFALL OF CHRISTIANITY
Solar eclipse is here prophesied to take place about the time of the
destruction of ancient Jerusalem. Josephus says that the prophec...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 2:19 The darkened SUN and bloody MOON, whether
literal or symbolic, indicate the end of the earth. Peter included the
full prophecy even though not all of it was yet fulfilled at thi...
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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
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 2:14. MEN OF JUDÆA.—Natives of Jerusalem. YE THAT DWELL AT
JERUSALEM.—Foreign Jews, sojourners in the city from other parts.
Acts 2:15. THESE.—Not the eleven with Peter merely...
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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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1 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Peter 3:10; 2 Peter 3:7;...
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That great and notable day of the Lord come. The Rev. heightens the
emphasis by following the Greek order, the day of the Lord, that great
and notable day. Notable [ε π ι φ α ν η] only here in New
Tes...
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The moon shall be turned into blood — A bloody colour: before the
day of the Lord — Eminently the last day; though not excluding any
other day or season, wherein the Lord shall manifest his glory, in...
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Did Peter make a mistake in quoting Joel?
PROBLEM: In Acts 2, Pentecost arrives, and the disciples are filled
with the Holy Spirit. In response to criticism, Peter says that what
they hear and see was...