Acts 2:33

Context
2:33 So then, exalted¹ to the right hand² of God, and having received³ the promise of the Holy Spirit⁴ from the Father, he has poured out⁵ what you both see and hear.

Acts 2:36

Context

2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt⁶ that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified⁷ both Lord⁸ and Christ.”⁹

[2:33] ¹tn The aorist participle ὑψωθείς (Juywqei") could be taken temporally: “So then, after he was exalted…” In the translation the more neutral “exalted” (a shorter form of “having been exalted”) was used to preserve the ambiguity of the original Greek.

[2:33] ²sn The expression the right hand of God represents supreme power and authority. Its use here sets up the quotation of Ps 110:1 in v. 34.

[2:33] ³tn The aorist participle λαβών (labwn) could be taken temporally: “So then, after he was exalted…and received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit.” In the translation the more neutral “having received” was used to preserve the ambiguity of the original Greek.

[2:33] ⁴tn Here the genitive τοῦ πνεύματος (tou pneumato") is a genitive of apposition; the promise consists of the Holy Spirit.

[2:33] ⁵sn The use of the verb poured out looks back to 2:17-18, where the same verb occurs twice.

[2:36] ⁶tn Or “know for certain.” This term is in an emphatic position in the clause.

[2:36] ⁷tn Grk “has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” The clause has been simplified in the translation by replacing the pronoun “him” with the explanatory clause “this Jesus whom you crucified” which comes at the end of the sentence.

[2:36] ⁸sn Lord. This looks back to the quotation of Ps 110:1 and the mention of “calling on the Lord” in 2:21. Peter’s point is that the Lord on whom one calls for salvation is Jesus, because he is the one mediating God’s blessing of the Spirit as a sign of the presence of salvation and the last days.

[2:36] ⁹tn Or “and Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”