Acts 2:18-38

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Acts 2:1-47

Chapter 2Now 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 Pentecost, or the Feast of Ingathering. This is the time when they would gather the winter wheat, the winter grains that had been sown, and the early part of June; they're ready for harvest. The Feast of Pentecost was marked by them taking a portion of their field and harvesting it. Tying... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Acts 2:1-47

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 passover, it was continued through all the week by a course of after services. See on Exodus 19:1. Acts 2:3 . There appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire. The prophet Ezekiel, in his vision of the chariot of Jehovah, twice names the fire or glory of the colour of amber: chap. 1.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 2:14-40

Acts 2:14-40But Peter standing up with the eleven.The sceneNever was such an audience assembled as that before which this poor fisherman appeared: men of different nations, rapidly and earnestly speaking in their different tongues; one in Hebrew, mocking and saying, “These men are full of new wine”; another inquiring in Latin; another disputing in Greek; another wondering in Arabic; and an endless Babel beside expressing every variety of surprise, doubt, and curiosity. Amid such a scene the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 2:17-21

Acts 2:17-21And it shall come to pass in the last days.The gospel ageFour things taught here determine the gospel age.I. It is connected with an extraordinary effusion of the Divine Spirit, “I will pour out My Spirit.”II. It is connected with prodigious revolutions, “I will show wonders,” etc.III. It is connected with an ultimate crisis, “The notable day of the Lord.”IV. It is connected with the possibility of a universal salvation, “Whosoever,” etc. (Homilist.)The pouring out of God’s SpiritIn... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 2:20

Acts 2:20The sun shall be turned into darkness.Downfall of ChristianitySolar eclipse is here prophesied to take place about the time of the destruction of ancient Jerusalem. Josephus says that the prophecy was literally fulfilled. Christianity is the sun of our time, and men bare tried, with the vapours of scepticism and the smoke of blasphemy, to turn this sun into darkness. Suppose the archangels of malice and horror should be allowed to extinguish and destroy the sun in the natural heavens.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 2:21

Acts 2:21Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.SalvationI. Its nature.1. Deliverance from--(1) The guilt of sin.(2) The power of sin.(3) The punishment of sin.2. Deliverance to--(1) Acceptance with God.(2) Conquest of evil.(3) Heaven.II. Its Condition. Calling on the name of the Lord, involving--1. A sense of helplessness. A man in the water will not cry if he can wade to dry land, but only when he feels in danger of drowning without assistance.2. A conviction of His power... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 2:22-36

Acts 2:22-36Ye men of Israel, hear these words.Personal preachingOne of the old English worthies said that a great many sermons were like carefully written letters dropped into the post-office without any address written upon them. They were not intended for any one in particular, and they never reached anybody.The effect of Pentecost upon PeterIf we see the effect upon Peter, we shall have a true idea of the effect of the outpouring of the Holy Ghost upon the entire Church. Fix your minds,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 2:25-28

Acts 2:25-28For David speaketh concerning Him.A prophetic panorama of the life of JesusThese words of David show Jesus--I. In His relation to the Father.1. He had a constant recollection of God. “I saw the Lord always,” etc. In His early life He said, “Wist ye not that I must be about My Father’s business?” And when the end drew near He said, “I must work,” etc. His faithful people are in this respect like Him in their degrees.2. He had a constant assurance of the Divine presence--“He is on My... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 2:29-32

Acts 2:29-32Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David.An anti-rationalist argumentPeter avers--I. That david could not have said of himself the words here quoted, For this he states the threefold reason, that David had died, that he had been buried, and that his tomb was still shown. No one had ever heard of his returning to life; his soul was still in the kingdom of the dead, and his flesh must long since have returned to dust. Yet he had spoken the truth in the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 2:33-36

Acts 2:33-36Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted.The right hand of GodThe phrase imports--I. The unspeakable felicity into which Christ’s human nature--for it is of Christ incarnate that this is said, and as the reward of His sufferings as a man--had now entered; for “in Thy presence is fulness of joy,” etc. (Psalms 16:11).II. The glorious majesty to which He had reached (Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 8:1).III. The fulness of power with which He is invested who has declared, “All power is... read more

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