Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Acts 2:20
That great and notable day] i.e. either the destruction of Jerusalem, or Christ's Second Advent.
That great and notable day] i.e. either the destruction of Jerusalem, or Christ's Second Advent.
ACTS 2:17-21 The quotation from Joel 2:28-32 (= LXX 3:1-5) is preserved in two forms, represented by codex Vaticanus and by codex Bezae. The former agrees almost exactly with the text of the Septuagi...
ACTS 2:20 kai. evpifanh/ A majority of the Committee regarded the absence of kai. evpifanh/ in a D itgig, r Priscillian as the result of scribal oversight, occasioned either by the presence of two gr...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
SKETCH OF ST PETER’S SERMON. REFUTATION OF THE MOCKERS...
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...
_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...
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...
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 19...
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...
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...
2:20 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;...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
THE SERMON OF PETER AND ITS EFFECT. The introduction of the sermon:...
THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED IN TO DARKNESS, AND THE MOON IN TO BLOOD, BEFORE THAT GREAT AND NOTABLE DAY OF THE LORD COME;...
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...
_‘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...
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...
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...
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...
Dubious Hippolytus Fragments the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood.[108]...
Acts 2:20 sun G2246 turned G3344 (G5691) into G1519 darkness G4655 And G2532 moon G4582 into G1519 blood...
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...
“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...
_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 2:19-20. 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...
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...
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...
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 2:1. 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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Peter 3:10; 2 Peter 3:7;...
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...
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...
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...