使徒行伝 2:1-47, イザヤ書 2:1-4 JC

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

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven ,.... Which is expressive of the original of the gifts and graces of the Spirit of God, which come from above, from heaven, from the Father of lights; and of the freeness of them, being unmerited; and so come suddenly, at an unawares, being unthought of, undesired, and unexpected, and so certainly undeserved; and may be a symbol of the sound of the Gospel, which from hence was to go forth into all the earth; and may likewise express the rise of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:3

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire ,.... An emblem of the various tongues and languages, in which they were to preach the Gospel; these appearances were like flames of fire parted, and these parted flames looked like tongues; so, a flame of fire is with, the Jews called, לשון אש , "a tongue of fire", Isaiah 5:24 hence the Apostle James compares a tongue to fire, James 3:6 this was the baptism with fire, John the Baptist speaks of; see Gill on Matthew 3:11 ;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:4

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost ,.... With the gifts of the Holy Spirit; they had received the Spirit before, as a Spirit of grace, and were endowed with great gifts; but now they had great plenty of them, a large abundance; they were like vessels filled to the brim; they were as it were covered with them; there was an overflow of them upon them; and now it was, that they were baptized with him; See Gill on Acts 1:5 . Not only the twelve apostles, but the seventy disciples;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:5

And there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews ,.... The Ethiopic version adds, "proselytes"; but they were not all such, as appears from the following account of them; many, and it seems the most of them were of Jewish extract and descent, and others were proselytes to the Jewish religion: these were not natives of Jerusalem, but such as were born in other countries, Acts 2:8 but were come to Jerusalem, either to learn the Hebrew language, which was necessary to their reading and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:6

Now when this was noised abroad ,.... Or "when this voice was made"; referring either to the sound, as of a mighty rushing wind, which came from heaven; and might not only be heard by those in the house, into which it came, but by the inhabitants of the city, as it came down from heaven; so the Arabic version renders it, "when the aforesaid sound was made": or else to the apostles' voice, and their speaking with divers tongues; which being heard by some, was told to others, and a rumour of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:7

And they were all amazed, and marvelled ,.... They were struck with surprise, they were as it were out of themselves, like persons in an ecstasy, not knowing what could be the cause or meaning of this: saying one to another ; the phrase "one to another", is left out in the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions, and so it is in the Alexandrian copy: behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans ? rude, unpolished, and unlearned men; who had never been brought up in any school of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:8

And how hear we every man in our own tongue ,.... Them speaking, as the Ethiopic version reads; that is, we everyone of us hear one or another, speak in the same language, wherein we were born ; our native language; for though these men were Jews by descent, yet were born and brought up in other countries, which language they spake; and not the Hebrew, or Syriac, or Chaldee. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:9

Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites ,.... These are the words of the men continued, and not of the historian, as appears from Acts 2:10 and so the Arabic version reads, "of us Persians, Parthians, and Medes"; that is, we hear them speak in the language of everyone of us: the order in this version is inverted, otherwise the same persons are intended; for the Elamites and Persians are the same: by the Parthians are meant, Jews that were born in Parthia, and had dwelt there, and who spoke the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:10

Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt ,.... Phrygia was a country in Asia, and had part of Galatia on the north, Lycaonia, Pisidia, and Mygdonia on the south, and on the east Cappadocia F24 Plin. l. 5. c. 32. ; here the Apostle Paul afterwards travelled, and strengthened the Christians; see Acts 16:6 . Pamphylia, now called Setilia, is another country in Asia, formerly called Mopsopia F25 Ib. c. 27. ; which had on the west Lycia, and part of Asia, on the north Galatia, on the east... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:11

Cretes and Arabians ,.... The former are either the same with the Cretians, Titus 1:12 the inhabitants of the island of Crete, Acts 27:7 now called Candia or Candy, which has on the north the Aegean sea, on the south the Libyan or African sea, on the west the Adriatic sea, and on the east the Carpathian sea. In it were an hundred cities; the most famous of which were, Gnosos, Cortyna, Lyctos, Lycastos, Holopixos, Phaestos, Cydon, Manethusa, Dyctynna F5 Mela, l. 2. c. 14. Vid. Solin.... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:11

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