Acts 2:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:22-36

The connection of the Christian events. All history has an inner logic and meaning, contained in the person and the love of God. The secret links of events may be in part traced by us. I. THE LIFE OF JESUS . 1. His simple and homely humanity. "Jesus of Nazareth," a name of scorn to many, of unpretentious lowliness to all. 2. His gracious, divinely attested career. Though poor and despised of men, the favor of God was upon him. And the proof was in the energy which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:25

Saith for speaketh, A.V.; he held for foresaw, A.V. The sixteenth psalm is ascribed to David in the title prefixed to it in the Hebrew and the LXX . Without pronouncing the titles to be infallible, we must confess that they carry great weight with them in the absence of any strong internal evidence against them. Meyer speaks of the psalm as "certainly later than David," and Ewald and others ascribe it to the time of the Captivity; but Hitzig thinks the internal evidence is in favor... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:25-28

The parable of the Resurrection in David's psalm. The apostle quotes one of the few utterances in the Old Testament which yield with any distinctness the hope of a life after the grave. But, speaking generally, the psalms, as the choicest expressions of the spiritual life of Israel, are "dark sayings" and "parables" of higher relations than those to which they immediately refer. In this psalm we find— I. THE IMMEDIATE SENSE OF THE PRESENCE OF THE LIVING GOD . And... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 2:25

For Daniel speaketh ... - This doctrine that the Messiah must rise from the dead Peter proceeds to prove by a quotation from the Old Testament. This passage is taken from Psalms 16:8-11. It is made from the Greek version of the Septuagint, with only one slight and unimportant change. Nor is there any material change, as will be seen, from the Hebrew. In what sense this Psalm can be applied to Christ will be seen after we have examined the expressions which Peter alleges.I foresaw the Lord -... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 2:25-28

Acts 2:25-28. For David speaketh concerning him Namely, Psalms 16:8-11, where see the notes. I foresaw the Lord always before my face In the Psalm, according to the Hebrew, it is, I have set the Lord always before me. Our Lord Jesus had a constant regard to his Father in his whole undertaking. He set his Father’s glory before him as his end, and his Father’s will as his rule, in every part of it. And he foresaw that his sufferings would redound abundantly to the honour of God, and would... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 2:14-42

Peter’s preaching (2:14-42)Seeing the people’s interest, Peter addressed them, this time speaking in his normal language. His address shows some features of the early apostolic preaching. First he quoted from the Old Testament, to show that the Pentecost events fulfilled what the prophets foretold. To Peter the important point of the prophecy was that God poured out his Spirit on everyone - not everyone whether believers or not, but everyone within the community of God’s people, whether male or... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 2:25

David. Psalms 18:8 . concerning = with reference to. App-104 . foresaw = saw before (me). Only here and Acts 21:29 . Greek. proorao. always = through ( App-104 .Acts 2:1; Acts 2:1 ) every (event). before my face. Literally in the eyes of (Greek. enopion) me. on. App-104 . that = in order that. Greek. hina. not. App-105 . moved. shaken. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 2:25

For David saith concerning him, I beheld the Lord always before my face; For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; Moreover my flesh also shall dwell in hope: Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption. Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance.These words are from Psalms 16:8ff. In this Psalm, David spoke in the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 2:25

Acts 2:25. For David speaketh concerning him, &c.— It is plain that the phrase εις αυτον here signifies of or concerning him: the particle has the same import, Ephesians 5:32. Elsner upon this place, and Gataker upon the title of Marcus Antoninus's book, which is εις εαυτον, concerning himself, have produced many places from some of the Greek authors, where the preposition εις is understood in the same sense. Mr. Jeffery, in his True Grounds, p. 121 observes from this text, and lays great... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 2:25

22-28. a man approved of God—rather, "authenticated," "proved," or "demonstrated to be from God." by miracles . . . which God did by him—This is not a low view of our Lord's miracles, as has been alleged, nor inconsistent with :-, but is in strict accordance with His progress from humiliation to glory, and with His own words in :-. This view of Christ is here dwelt on to exhibit to the Jews the whole course of Jesus of Nazareth as the ordinance and doing of the God of Israel [ALFORD]. read more

Group of Brands