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Text -- Acts 2:1-33 (NET)
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The Holy Spirit and the Day of Pentecost
2:1 Now when the day of Pentecost had come , they were all together in one place .
2:2 Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting .
2:3 And tongues spreading out like a fire appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them .
2:4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit , and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them .
2:5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem .
2:6 When this sound occurred , a crowd gathered and was in confusion , because each one heard them speaking in his own language .
2:7 Completely baffled , they said , “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans ?
2:8 And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language ?
2:9 Parthians , Medes , Elamites , and residents of Mesopotamia , Judea and Cappadocia , Pontus and the province of Asia ,
2:10 Phrygia and Pamphylia , Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene , and visitors from Rome ,
2:11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
2:12 All were astounded and greatly confused , saying to one another , another , “What does this mean ?”
2:13 But others jeered at the speakers, saying , “They are drunk on new wine !”
Peter’s Address on the Day of Pentecost
2:14 But Peter stood up with the eleven , raised his voice , and addressed them : “You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem , know this and listen carefully to what I say .
2:15 In spite of what you think , these men are not drunk , for it is only nine o’clock in the morning .
2:16 But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel :
2:17 ‘And in the last days it will be ,’ God says , ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people , and your sons and your daughters will prophesy , and your young men will see visions , and your old men will dream dreams .
2:18 Even on my servants, both men and women , I will pour out my Spirit in those days , and they will prophesy .
2:19 And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below , blood and fire and clouds of smoke .
2:20 The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes .
2:21 And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved .’
2:22 “Men of Israel , listen to these words : Jesus the Nazarene , a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds , wonders , and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him , just as you yourselves know –
2:23 this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God , you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles .
2:24 But God raised him up , having released him from the pains of death , because it was not possible for him to be held in its power .
2:25 For David says about him , ‘I saw the Lord always in front of me , for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken .
2:26 Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced ; my body also will live in hope ,
2:27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades , nor permit your Holy One to experience decay .
2:28 You have made known to me the paths of life ; you will make me full of joy with your presence .’
2:29 “Brothers , I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David , that he both died and was buried , and his tomb is with us to this day .
2:30 So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne ,
2:31 David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ , that he was neither abandoned to Hades , nor did his body experience decay .
2:32 This Jesus God raised up , and we are all witnesses of it.
2:33 So then , exalted to the right hand of God , and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father , he has poured out what you both see and hear .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Pentecost |
TONGUES, GIFT OF |
Peter |
Messiah |
Revivals |
Readings, Select |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE |
Jerusalem |
Apostles |
Word of God |
Orator |
Tongue |
DOCTRINE |
Preaching |
Zeal |
TONGUES OF FIRE |
Prophecy |
JOHN, GOSPEL OF |
Feasts |
QUOTATIONS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Act 2:1; Act 2:2; Act 2:2; Act 2:2; Act 2:2; Act 2:3; Act 2:4; Act 2:4; Act 2:4; Act 2:4; Act 2:5; Act 2:5; Act 2:5; Act 2:6; Act 2:6; Act 2:7; Act 2:7; Act 2:8; Act 2:8; Act 2:9; Act 2:10; Act 2:10; Act 2:11; Act 2:11; Act 2:13; Act 2:13; Act 2:13; Act 2:14; Act 2:14; Act 2:14; Act 2:14; Act 2:15; Act 2:15; Act 2:16; Act 2:17; Act 2:17; Act 2:18; Act 2:18; Act 2:19; Act 2:19; Act 2:20; Act 2:21; Act 2:21; Act 2:22; Act 2:22; Act 2:22; Act 2:23; Act 2:23; Act 2:24; Act 2:24; Act 2:24; Act 2:24; Act 2:25; Act 2:26; Act 2:27; Act 2:27; Act 2:28; Act 2:29; Act 2:29; Act 2:29; Act 2:30; Act 2:30; Act 2:30; Act 2:31; Act 2:31; Act 2:31; Act 2:31; Act 2:31; Act 2:31; Act 2:31; Act 2:32; Act 2:33; Act 2:33; Act 2:33; Act 2:33; Act 2:33
NET Notes: Act 2:1 Grk “And” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic. Greek style of...
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NET Notes: Act 2:2 Or “from the sky.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heav...
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NET Notes: Act 2:3 Or “And divided tongues as of fire.” The precise meaning of διαμερίζομαι (diam...
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NET Notes: Act 2:5 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Act 2:7 Grk “Behold, aren’t all these.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) at the beginning of this statement has not been tran...
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NET Notes: Act 2:9 Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern...
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NET Notes: Act 2:11 Or “God’s mighty works.” Here the genitive τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou) has been translated as a subject...
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NET Notes: Act 2:14 Grk “let this be known to you.” The passive construction has been translated as an active for stylistic reasons.
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NET Notes: Act 2:16 Note how in the quotation that follows all genders, ages, and classes are included. The event is like a hope Moses expressed in Num 11:29.
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NET Notes: Act 2:18 The words and they will prophesy in Acts 2:18 are not quoted from Joel 2:29 at this point but are repeated from earlier in the quotation (Acts 2:17) f...
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NET Notes: Act 2:19 Here the context indicates the miraculous nature of the signs mentioned; this is made explicit in the translation.
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NET Notes: Act 2:22 Again, the context indicates the miraculous nature of these signs, and this is specified in the translation.
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NET Notes: Act 2:23 Grk “at the hands of lawless men.” At this point the term ἄνομος (anomo") refers to non-Jews who live ...
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NET Notes: Act 2:27 Grk “to see,” but the literal translation of the phrase “to see decay” could be misunderstood to mean simply “to look at...
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NET Notes: Act 2:30 An allusion to Ps 132:11 and 2 Sam 7:12-13, the promise in the Davidic covenant.
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