Acts 2:2-4,Acts 2:30

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:4

Verse 4 4.They began to speak He showeth that the effect did appear presently, and also to what use their tongues were to be framed and applied, But because Luke setteth down shortly after, that strangers out of divers countries did marvel, because that every one of them did hear the apostles speaking in their own tongue, some think that they spoke not in divers tongues, but that they did all understand that which was spoken in one tongue, as well as if they should hear their natural tongue.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:1-4

The epoch of the spiritual dispensation. I. THE DAY . The fiftieth after the Passover; the beginning of the great festival of harvest. What associations of joy! It was a focus of national life. It was a convenient season for the designs of Providence. Jerusalem was thronged, and the multitude was alive with thought. A sound now heard from the depths of the world of spirit must vibrate through the conscience of mankind for ages. II. THE SOUND . As of a mighty blast from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:1-4

The day of Pentecost: the manifestation of the Spirit. I. THE TIME AND PLACE . Correspondence with the facts of the natural world and of the Jewish Church. Harvest festival. Connection with the Passover, from which it was reckoned—seven weeks. The gifts of God poured out at Jerusalem, where yet he was about to pour out his judgments. The new must be grafted on the old, according to the promises in the prophets, that there should still be a remnant according to the election of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:1-4

The symbols of the Spirit's presence. It is important that we mark with some precision what actually occurred on this memorable day. On the day of Pentecost the company of disciples met together as usual at the customary hour of morning prayer, but whether in one of the thirty rooms which Josephus tells us were connected with the courts of Herod's temple, or in the private house where they lodged, is uncertain. As we know that they attended morning prayer in the temple (see Acts 3:1 ),... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:1-13

The unity of the Spirit. If, with the idea of unity in our minds, we read this description of the first outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the Church, we cannot but be struck with the manner in which that great idea is exhibited and illustrated. I. There is first THE LOCAL UNITY OF THE CHURCH . They were all together in one place. Many in number, but all of that many come together; drawn by one common impulse to merge their separate existences, their various pursuits, their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:1-13

The coming of God in power. The ascended Savior was about to come in mighty power to the disciples. They were in Jerusalem, "waiting for the promise of the Father;" doubtless they had no anticipation of the way in which that promise would be fulfilled, and must have been struck with the utmost awe and wonder when they found themselves wrought upon with such Divine energies. Our thought is directed to— I. THE MANIFESTED PRESENCE OF GOD . God revealed his presence through the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:1-41

The day of Pentecost, and its immediate gifts. " And when the day of Pentecost … And the same day there were added about three thousand souls." The day of Pentecost is emphatically the complement of the great days of the New Testament. The visible glories of this day are the fitting sequel, the almost natural sequel, of the more veiled glories of certain days that had preceded it. The heavenly luster and music of the day of incarnation, unique as they were, reached the eye and ear of but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:2

From heaven a sound for a sound from heaven, A.V.; as of the rushing of a for as of a rushing, A.V. All the house; showing that it was in a private dwelling, not in the temple (as in Acts 3:1 ) that they were assembled (see Acts 2:46 ). Perhaps the word "church" ( ὁ κυριακὸς οἷκος ) derives its use from these early meetings of the disciples in a house, as distinguished from the temple ( τὸ ἱερὸν ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:3

Tongues parting asunder for cloven tongues, A.V.; each one for each, A.V. There appeared. They had heard the sound, now they see the tongues of fire, and then they feel the Spirit working in them (see Acts 2:34 ). Tongues parting asunder . The idea of the cloven tongue, i.e. a tongue parted into two, which is thought to have been the origin of the miter, is not suggested either by the Greek or by the circumstances, and is clearly a mistaken one. διαμεριζόμεναι means ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 2:4

Spirit for Ghost, A.V. Other tongues ( 1 Corinthians 14:21 ; Isaiah 28:11 ); the same as the "new tongues" of Mark 16:17 . St. Paul speaks of them as "the tongues of men and of angels" ( 1 Corinthians 13:1 ), and as "kinds of tongues" ( 1 Corinthians 12:10 ). His habitual phrase is "speaking in [or with ] a tongue [or tongues ]" ( 1 Corinthians 14:2 , 1 Corinthians 14:4-6 , etc.), and the verb is always λαλεῖν , as here. What these tongues were on this occasion... read more

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