Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Acts 2:33
By the right hand] or, 'to the right hand.' The promise of] i.e. the promised Holy Ghost.
By the right hand] or, 'to the right hand.' The promise of] i.e. the promised Holy Ghost.
ACTS 2:33 The insertion of u`mi/n after evxe,ceen in codex Bezae and the insertion of to. dw/ron before u`mei/j in E itp syr copsa Irenaeuslat are obviously scribal embellishments....
Verse 33. _BY THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD EXALTED_] Raised by _omnipotence_ to the highest dignity in the realms of glory, to sit at the right hand of God, and administer the laws of both worlds. _THE PRO...
THEREFORE, BEING BY THE RIGHT HAND - The right hand among the Hebrews was often used to denote “power”; and the expression here means, not that he was exalted to the right hand of God. but by his powe...
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...
"Men of Israel, listen to these words. Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by deeds of power and wonders and signs, which God, among you, did through him, as you yourselves know this man,...
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...
BEING... EXALTED. Greek. _hupsoo._ See note on John 12:32. OF. from beside. Greek. _para_. App-104. PROMISE. See note on Acts 1:4. THE HOLY GHOST. the Holy Spirit. App-101. SHED FORTH. Same as "pou...
_Therefore being by_[or _at the right hand of God exalted_ i.e. into heaven. For not only are the Apostles and disciples witnesses of the Resurrection but also of the Ascension. _the promise of the Ho...
RECITAL OF GOD’S TESTIMONY BY THE RESURRECTION TO THE MESSIAHSHIP OF JESUS...
33. νῦν omitted with אABCD and _Vulg_. 33. ὙΨΩΘΕΊΣ, _exalted_ (into heaven), for the Apostles are witnesses not only of the Resurrection but of the Ascension also. ΤΉΝ ΤΕ ἘΠΑΓΓΕΛΊΑΝ ΠΝ. Τ. ἉΓ. Called...
_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...
ΥΨΩΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. (temp.) от_ ΎΨΌΩ (G5312) поднимать, возносить, ΛΑΒΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) принимать. ΈΞΈΧΕΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΚΧΈΩ (G1632) изливать....
DISCOURSE: 1737 SENDING FORTH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Acts 2:32. _This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore, being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the...
HE HATH SHED FORTH THIS, WHICH YE NOW SEE AND HEAR.— It is said, John 7:39 that _the Holy Ghost was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified._ See the note on that verse. The Spirit, in his...
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 32...
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. THEREFORE BEING BY THE RIGHT H...
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...
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,...
THEREFORE BEING BY THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. — The Greek has the dative case without a preposition. The English version takes it, and probably is right in taking it, as the dative of the instrument, the...
οὖν : the Ascension is a necessary sequel to the Resurrection, _cf._ Weiss, Leben _Jesu_, iii., 409 ff. and _in loco_. Or the word may mark the result of the assured and manifold testimony to the Resu...
DAVID'S LORD AND OURS Acts 2:25-36 When one considers the vast result of this address, one wonders at its simplicity. It is almost entirely a string of apt quotations. But what may not the Word of G...
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...
David's Prophecies Concerning Christ Peter quoted from Psalms 16:8-11, saying that in it David was speaking concerning the Christ. Jesus died and his body was lain in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea,...
Therefore being by the (y) right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. (y) Might and power of God....
_He hath poured forth this, which we see, and hear, by the effects, by the noise, as it were of thunder, by our speaking languages, &c. (Witham) --- It does not appear that the holy Spirit was visible...
HEAVENLY CORONATION 29-35. When I was in Jerusalem and visiting this spot, on which they were praying when the Holy Ghost fell on them, my guide pointed me out David's tomb right there in full view. S...
CHRIST, DAVID'S SUCCESSOR 22-35. We find in these Scriptures that Christ was predestinated to suffer and die to redeem the world. While this is true, it was perfectly optionary with Judas, the Jews an...
_“Therefore, exalted at the right hand of God, having received the promise of the Holy Ghost with the Father, he has poured out this which you see and hear.”_ You see Peter's logic. The discussion of...
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...
33._He being therefore exalted by the right hand of God _The right hand is taken in this place for the hand or power, in like sort as it is taken everywhere in the Scripture. For this is his drift, to...
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...
THEREFORE BEING BY THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD EXALTED,.... After his resurrection he ascended to heaven, and was exalted in human nature; "to the right hand of God", as the Ethiopic version; and the Arabic...
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. Ver. 33. _Exalted_] _See Trapp o...
_This Jesus_ Whom we assert to be the true Messiah; _hath God raised up_ According to the tenor of his promise; _whereof_ Of which resurrection; _we all are witnesses_ On our personal and certain know...
THE PROMISE; JOHN 14:26; John 15:26; John 16:7; John 16:13-15. THIS; their power to speak in various languages....
THEREFORE, BEING BY THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD EXALTED, AND HAVING RECEIVED OF THE FATHER THE PROMISE OF THE HOLY GHOST, HE HATH SHED FORTH THIS WHICH YE NOW SEE AND HEAR....
The conclusion of Peter's sermon:...
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...
THEREFORE BEING EXALTED TO THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, AND HAVING RECEIVED FROM THE FATHER THE PROMISE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, HE POURED OUT THIS WHICH YOU NOW SEE AND HEAR. 1. Sermon - Conclusion - THEREFORE...
Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he hath poured forth this, which ye see and hear. 'BY THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD'-Compari...
22-36 From this gift of the Holy Ghost, Peter preaches unto them Jesus: and here is the history of Christ. Here is an account of his death and sufferings, which they witnessed but a few weeks before....
BY THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, that is, by the power of God spoken after the manner of men, the right hand being that we commonly do any thing with. Some read _at_ the right hand of God; and then the apost...
A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop Whence also the Lord Christ charges upon Peter, and moreover also upon the rest of His disciples, "Go ye and preach the Gospel to the na...
Acts 2:33 Therefore G3767 exalted G5312 (G5685) hand G1188 God G2316 and G5037 received G2983 (G5631) from...
“This Jesus did God raise up, of which we all are witnesses. Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured forth thi...
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...
Acts 2:33. THEREFORE BEING BY THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD EXALTED. Render instead, THEREFORE BEING EXALTED TO THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. The quotation from the prophecy of Psalms 16, which related in so strange...
_Third Division of St. Peter's Discourse,_ 29-36. The preacher shows that that great Psalm which he has used as a bulwark of his argument respecting Messiah, could not by any possibility refer to Dav...
_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...
BY THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD (τη δεξια του θεου). This translation makes it the instrumental case. The margin has it "at" instead of "by," that is the locative case. And it will make sense in the true d...
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 2:14. _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...
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...
HE HAS BEEN RAISED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF GOD. See Philippians 2:6-11. He sits on a heavenly throne. WHAT YOU NOW SEE AND HEAR. These supernormal events are proof that Jesus is not king (Acts 2:30). He...
_Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted._ THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD The phrase imports-- I. The unspeakable felicity into which Christ’s human nature--for it is of Christ incarnate that this...
_Ye men of Israel, hear these words._ PERSONAL PREACHING One of the old English worthies said that a great many sermons were like carefully written letters dropped into the post-office without any a...
_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 2:33 The personal and orderly relationship among the persons of the Trinity is evident in this verse. When Christ’s work on earth was accomplished, he was EXALTED to the second highe...
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 2:22. MIGHTY WORKS, WONDERS, AND SIGNS.—Compare 2 Corinthians 12:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Hebrews 2:
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 Peter 1:21; 1 Peter 3:22; Acts 1:4; Acts 5:31; Acts 10:45;...
Being exalted by the right hand of God — By the right hand; that is, the mighty power of God. Our Lord was exalted at his ascension to God's right hand in heaven....