Vincent's Word Studies in the NT
Acts 2:15
Third hour. Nine in the morning : the hour of morning prayer.
Compare 1 Thessalonians 5:7.
Third hour. Nine in the morning : the hour of morning prayer.
Compare 1 Thessalonians 5:7.
Verse Acts 2:15. But _THE THIRD HOUR OF THE DAY_] That is, about _nine_ o'clock in the morning, previously to which the Jews scarcely ever ate or drank, for that hour was the hour of prayer. This cus...
FOR THESE ARE NOT DRUNKEN ... - The word these here includes Peter himself, as well as the others. The charge doubtless extended to all. THE THIRD HOUR OF THE DAY - The Jews divided their day into twe...
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...
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...
SUPPOSE. Greek. _hupolambano._ See note on Acts 1:9. SEEING. for. THE THIRD HOUR: i.e. 9am. App-165. Compare 1 Thessalonians 5:7....
_are not drunken_ Wine was drunk by the Jews with flesh only, and, founding the custom on Exodus 16:8, they ate bread in the morning, and flesh in the evening, and so took no wine till late in the day...
ΜΕΘΎΟΥΣΙΝ. Wine was drunk by the Jews with flesh only, and, founding the custom on Exodus 16:8, they ate bread in the morning, and flesh in the evening, and so took no wine till late in the day. So Ec...
SKETCH OF ST PETER’S SERMON. REFUTATION OF THE MOCKERS...
_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...
ΎΠΟΛΑΜΒΆΝΕΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΎΠΟΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G5274) предполагать, считать (BAGD). ΜΕΘΎΟΥΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΜΕΘΎΩ (G3184) быть пьяным, ΏΡ ΤΡΊΤΗ ΤΗΣ ήμέρας третий час дня, или 9 ч. утра. Хотя...
SEEING IT IS BUT THE THIRD HOUR OF THE DAY.— Such of the Jews as shamefullyimitatedtheirHeathenneighbours,anddranktoolargelyatthefestival,did not use to take such criminal liberties till after the sac...
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...
See notes on verse 14...
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. FOR THESE - these disciples, pointing doubtless to the whole inspired company, ARE NOT DRUNKEN, AS YE SUPPOSE, S...
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...
_But_ THE THIRD HOUR] On festival days the Jews tasted nothing until the morning synagogue service, held at the third hour (9 a.m.), was finished....
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,...
SEEING IT IS BUT THE THIRD HOUR OF THE DAY. — The appeal is made to the common standard of right feeling. Drunkenness belonged to the night (1 Thessalonians 5:7). It was a mark of extremest baseness f...
ὥρα τρίτη τῆς ἡμέρας : the words refer to the hour of early prayer, 9 A.M., the Jews previously did not partake of food, and on festal days they abstained from food and drink until the sixth hour (twe...
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...
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...
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...
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is [but] the (i) third hour of the day. (i) After the sunrise, which may be about seven or eight o'clock to us....
About nine in the morning. On festival days, the Jews did not eat till the morning devotions were finished, about mid-day. (Bible de Vence)...
LAST DAYS 15-18. Peter proves by Joel the fulfillment of the latter-day prophecies on that notable occasion. The Edenic dispensation has come and gone, winding up with the terrible calamity of the Fal...
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...
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 THESE ARE NOT DRUNKEN,.... Meaning not only the eleven apostles, but the rest of the hundred and twenty, on whom also the Spirit was poured forth, and who were endowed with his extraordinary gifts...
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is _but_ the third hour of the day. Ver. 15. _Seeing it is but the third hour_] This was then an argument more than probable. Now men are grown suc...
_But Peter, standing up with the eleven_ Who were then in company with him, and who, doubtless, also all, or at least most of them, addressed the people on this occasion, some in one language, and oth...
THE THIRD HOUR; nine o'clock in the morning, too early for them to be affected with strong drink. This was also the hour of morning worship, and devout Jews were not accustomed to take food or drink t...
THE SERMON OF PETER AND ITS EFFECT. The introduction of the sermon:...
FOR THESE ARE NOT DRUNKEN, AS YE SUPPOSE, SEEING IT IS BUT THE THIRD HOUR OF THE DAY....
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 THESE ARE NOT DRUNK, AS YOU SUPPOSE, SINCE IT IS _ONLY_ THE THIRD HOUR OF THE DAY. 1. The apostles are not drunk as you accuse. 1. It is the 3 rd hour of the day - 9 am. It is too early in the d...
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose; seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 'FOR THESE ARE NOT DRUNKEN'-The charge of drunkenness must first be handled. For such. charge was very serious: '...
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...
FOR THESE; this proves that the other apostles spake as well as Peter, and were vindicated by him. ARE NOT DRUNKEN; he mildly and solidly confutes their calumny. THE THIRD HOUR OF THE DAY, which answe...
Acts 2:15 For G1063 these G3778 are G3184 not G3756 drunk G3184 (G5719) as G5613 you G5210 suppose...
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 these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.” He first points out the unlikelihood of these men being drunk. It is too early in the day. Most Jews would only d...
Acts 2:15. THESE ARE NOT DRUNKEN, AS YE SUPPOSE, SEEING IT IS BUT THE THIRD HOUR OF THE DAY. The division of the day into twelve hours seems to have come into general use among the Jews during the cap...
_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...
AS YE SUPPOSE (ως υμεις υπολαμβανετε). Note use of υμεις (ye) for decided emphasis.THE THIRD HOUR (ωρα τριτη). Three o'clock in the day Jewish time, nine Roman. Drunkenness belongs to the night ...
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 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 2:14. _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...
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...
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...
IT IS ONLY NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. This was the normal time for breakfast, and much too early to be drunk! [Breakfast was normally at this time during feast days.]...
_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...
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
_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...
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 Samuel 1:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:5; Matthew 20:3...
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...
It is but the third hour of the day — That is, nine in the morning. And on the solemn festivals the Jews rarely ate or drank any thing till noon....