Acts 2:39 - Exposition

To you is the promise for the promise is unto you, A.V. ; shall call unto him for shall call . To you is the promise (see Acts 1:4 ; Acts 2:33 ). There is also a reference to the prophecy in Joel, quoted in verses 17-21. To all that are afar off ; i.e. the Gentiles, as appears clearly from Ephesians 2:17 , where the same phrase is applied to the Ephesian Christians, and the Jewish Christians are spoken of as "those that were nigh." The fulfilment to the Gentiles is specially recorded ( Acts 10:45 ; Acts 11:15 , Acts 11:18 , etc.). Shall call unto him (comp. Romans 1:6 ; Romans 8:28 , Romans 8:30 ; Romans 9:24 ; 1 Corinthians 1:2 ; Galatians 1:6 (etc.), which confirm the application of the "afar off" to the Gentiles.