Acts 2:1-28,Genesis 11:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:25

For David speaketh concerning him ,.... The Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, in Psalm 16:8 . The whole psalm belongs to the Messiah, and everything concerning the person in it agrees with him; such as his trust in God, Psalm 16:1 as he was man and Mediator; his very great regard to the saints, and delight in them, Psalm 16:2 his disregard to others who were hastening after another God, or another Saviour, whose sacrifices, as an high priest, he would not offer up, nor make intercession... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:26

Therefore did my heart rejoice ,.... Because that he had always the truth, faithfulness, and power of God in his view, and the presence and protection of God with him; and which are sufficient to make the hearts of his people, as well as of him, to rejoice: and my tongue was glad : in the Hebrew text it is, "my glory"; and so the Syriac version renders it here; which Kimchi explains of the soul, because that is the glory of the body; but our apostle rightly interprets it of the tongue,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:27

Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ,.... This is an apostrophe, or an address to his Father, who he believed would not leave his soul, as separate from his body, in Hades, in the invisible world of souls, in the place where the souls of departed saints are, but would quickly return it to its body, and reunite them; or else, that he would not leave his dead body, for so נפש sometimes signifies; see Leviticus 19:28 in the grave; which is no unusual sense of שאול ; see Genesis... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:28

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life ,.... That is, thou hast raised me from the dead. When God raised Christ from the dead, he showed him, or made him to know experimentally the way of life, or the way of the resurrection from death to life; and this path of life, or of the resurrection to an immortal and eternal life, was first shown to Christ, who is the first fruits of them that slept, and the first begotten from the dead, Thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance ;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:1

When the day of pentecost was fully come - The feast of pentecost was celebrated fifty days after the passover, and has its name πεντηκοστη from πεντηκοντα , fifty, which is compounded of πεντε , five, and ηκοντα , the decimal termination. It commenced on the fiftieth day reckoned from the first day of unleavened bread, i.e. on the morrow after the paschal lamb was offered. The law relative to this feast is found in Leviticus 23:15 , Leviticus 23:16 , in these words: And ye shall... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:2

A sound from heaven - Probably thunder is meant, which is the harbinger of the Divine presence. Rushing mighty wind - The passage of a large portion of electrical fluid over that place would not only occasion the sound, or thunder, but also the rushing mighty wind; as the air would rush suddenly and strongly into the vacuum occasioned by the rarefaction of the atmosphere in that place, through the sudden passage of the electrical fluid; and the wind would follow the direction of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:3

Cloven tongues like as of fire - The tongues were the emblem of the languages they were to speak. The cloven tongues pointed out the diversity of those languages; and the fire seemed to intimate that the whole would be a spiritual gift, and be the means of bringing light and life to the souls who should hear them preach the everlasting Gospel in those languages. Sat upon each of them - Scintillations, coruscations, or flashes of fire, were probably at first frequent through every part of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:4

To speak with other tongues - At the building of Babel the language of the people was confounded; and, in consequence of this, they became scattered over the face of the earth: at this foundation of the Christian Church, the gift of various languages was given to the apostles, that the scattered nations might be gathered; and united under one shepherd and superintendent ( επισκοπος ) of all souls. As the Spirit gave them utterance - The word αποφθεγγεσθαι seems to imply such... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:5

Devout men, out of every nation - Either by these we are simply to understand Jews who were born in different countries, and had now come up to Jerusalem to be present at the passover, and for purposes of traffic, or proselytes to Judaism, who had come up for the same purpose: for I cannot suppose that the term ανδρες ευλαβεις , devout men, can be applied to any other. At this time there was scarcely a commercial nation under heaven where the Jews had not been scattered for the purpose of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:6

When this was noised abroad - If we suppose that there was a considerable peal of thunder, which followed the escape of a vast quantity of electric fluid, and produced the mighty rushing wind already noticed on Acts 2:2 , then the whole city must have been alarmed; and, as various circumstances might direct their attention to the temple, having flocked thither they were farther astonished and confounded to hear the disciples of Christ addressing the mixed multitude in the languages of the... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:6

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