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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:5-13

Spiritual facts in a world unprepared to receive them. I. DEVOUT MEN may still be living at a very low point of spiritual apprehension and experience ( Acts 2:5 ). To many conscientious and sober-minded people the manifestations of the Spirit a perplexity. Hence the importance of a progressive faith, a praying and expectant attitude. Religion apt to grow stagnant and perfunctory. II. The MULTITUDE will be startled by that which comes from heaven. They need to be roused and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:5-13

Men's attitudes toward things beyond explanation. There are marked differences in the dispositions of men. At first sight the differences may seem to be so many and so great, that it is hopeless to attempt any classification of them. And yet, in the relations in which dispositions stand to revealed truth and the mysterious, there is a simple division, and a repetition of characteristic attitudes in each age. Observe the peculiar phenomena here, which tested the dispositions of the crowding... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:11

Cretans for Cretes, A.V. ; speaking for speak, A.V.; mighty for wonderful, A.V. ( τὰ μεγαλεῖα ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 2:11

Cretes - Crete, now called Candia, is an island in the Mediterranean, about 200 miles in length and 50 in breadth, about 500 miles southwest of Constantinople, and about the same distance west of Syria or Palestine. The climate is mild and delightful, the sky unclouded and serene. By some this island is supposed to be the Caphtor of the Hebrews, Genesis 10:14. It is mentioned in the Acts as the place touched at by Paul, Acts 27:7-8, Acts 27:13. This was the residence of Titus, who was left... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 2:5-13

Acts 2:5-13. And there were dwelling Or sojourning; in Jerusalem, Jews Now gathered from all parts, by the peculiar providence of God; devout Greek, ευλαβεις , pious men, from every nation under heaven Should this be taken for an hyperbole, we have other instances in Scripture of the like way of speaking; as where we read of cities walled up to heaven, Deuteronomy 1:28; and of the dread of the Jews falling upon every nation under the whole heaven, Deuteronomy 2:25. But, not to insist... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 2:1-13

The church is born (2:1-13)Pentecost was a Jewish harvest festival held on the Sunday fifty days after Passover, when Israelites presented the first portion of their harvest to God (Leviticus 23:15-21). It was therefore a fitting day to mark the birth of the Christian church. Christ, the true Passover had been sacrificed (1 Corinthians 5:7), and now fifty days later God poured out his Spirit on that small group of disciples who were to become the first members of the church of Jesus Christ.In... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 2:11

Crates = Cretans. See Titus 1:12 . wonderful works = great things. Greek. megaleios. Only here and Luke 1:49 . God. App-98 . read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 2:1-41

5. The birth of the church 2:1-41The Holy Spirit’s descent on the day of Pentecost inaugurated a new dispensation in God’s administration of the human race. [Note: For more information about the dispensations, see Charles C. Ryrie, Dispensationalism Today, or idem, Dispensationalism.] Luke featured the record of the events of this day to explain the changes in God’s dealings with humankind that followed in the early church and to the present day. This was the birthday of the church. Many... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 2:1-47

A. The founding of the church 1:1-2:47In his account of the founding of the Christian church Luke gave background information that ties Jesus’ giving of the Great Commission to the day of Pentecost. He showed how Jesus enabled His disciples to obey His command to evangelize the nations. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 2:5-13

The amazement of the onlookers 2:5-13 read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:5-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:5-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 2:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 2:5-13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 2:1-13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 2:11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 2:1-41

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 2:1-47

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 2:5-13

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