Acts 2:33 - Exposition

Being therefore for therefore being, A.V. ; poured for shed, A.V. ; see for now see, A.V. By the right hand , etc. Some render it," Being exalted to the right hand," etc.; or, "Being at the right hand of God exalted." It is very questionable whether the Greek will bear the first rendering; and it would have been more natural to express the second by εἰς τὴν δεξιάν . It is best, therefore, to take it as the A.V. and the R.V. do. Tile phrase is equivalent to that in Psalms 98:1 , "His right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory," and numerous other passages. The promise of the Holy Ghost (see Acts 1:4 , note).