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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:19

And I will show wonders in heaven above ,.... The word above is not in Joel, nor in the Syriac version here, as neither the word "beneath", in the next clause. This may refer either to the appearance of angels, and of an extraordinary star at the birth of Christ; or rather to comets and blazing stars, and particularly to that comet which, in the form of a flaming sword, hung over Jerusalem, and the forms of armies in the heavens engaged together, which were seen before, and portended the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:20

The sun shall be turned into darkness ,.... As at the death of Christ, by a total eclipse of it: and the moon into blood ; as at the opening of the sixth seal, Revelation 6:12 . before that great and notable day of the Lord come ; when he shall come in power and great glory, as he did in a few years after this, to take vengeance on the Jews, and destroy their nation, city, and temple; in which there was a display of his greatness, and power, and which was awful and "terrible" to... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:21

And it shall come to pass ,.... Even at that time, when these signs shall appear, and the destruction is hastening on, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord ; shall believe in the Lord Jesus Christ with the heart, and shall confess him with the mouth, and shall worship him in Spirit and in truth, and submit to all his ordinances and commands; for invocation of the Lord includes the whole of worship, internal and external: shall be saved ; or delivered from that temporal... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:22

Ye men of Israel hear these words ,.... The Arabic version prefaces this passage with these words, "in those days Peter stood and said unto the people"; as if it was not on the same day, and the following oration was a new one, and not a continued discourse with the former; whereas it was delivered at the same time, and is in connection with what goes before. Only the apostle having finished the vindication of his brethren, and the whole society, and set that matter in a clear light; and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:23

Him being delivered ,.... By himself, according to his own will, for he gave, or delivered himself for his people; and by his Father, who spared him not, but delivered him up for us all; and by Judas, one of his disciples, who, for a sum of money, delivered him into the hands of the Jews; and by them he was delivered up to Pilate, the Roman governor; and by him back again to the Jews, and to the soldiers, to crucify him: and all this by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God ;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:24

Whom God raised up ,.... From the dead; for though his life was taken away by men, he was raised to life again by God the Father, to whom the resurrection of Christ is generally ascribed, though not to the exclusion of Christ himself, and the blessed Spirit; and this being what the apostles were witnesses of, and the Jews endeavoured to stifle as much as they could, it being the sign Christ gave them of the truth of his Messiahship; and this being also a fundamental article of the Christian... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:25

For David speaketh concerning him ,.... The Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, in Psalm 16:8 . The whole psalm belongs to the Messiah, and everything concerning the person in it agrees with him; such as his trust in God, Psalm 16:1 as he was man and Mediator; his very great regard to the saints, and delight in them, Psalm 16:2 his disregard to others who were hastening after another God, or another Saviour, whose sacrifices, as an high priest, he would not offer up, nor make intercession... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:26

Therefore did my heart rejoice ,.... Because that he had always the truth, faithfulness, and power of God in his view, and the presence and protection of God with him; and which are sufficient to make the hearts of his people, as well as of him, to rejoice: and my tongue was glad : in the Hebrew text it is, "my glory"; and so the Syriac version renders it here; which Kimchi explains of the soul, because that is the glory of the body; but our apostle rightly interprets it of the tongue,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:27

Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ,.... This is an apostrophe, or an address to his Father, who he believed would not leave his soul, as separate from his body, in Hades, in the invisible world of souls, in the place where the souls of departed saints are, but would quickly return it to its body, and reunite them; or else, that he would not leave his dead body, for so נפש sometimes signifies; see Leviticus 19:28 in the grave; which is no unusual sense of שאול ; see Genesis... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:28

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life ,.... That is, thou hast raised me from the dead. When God raised Christ from the dead, he showed him, or made him to know experimentally the way of life, or the way of the resurrection from death to life; and this path of life, or of the resurrection to an immortal and eternal life, was first shown to Christ, who is the first fruits of them that slept, and the first begotten from the dead, Thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance ;... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 2:28

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