Acts 2:40

Acts 2:40 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
• New International Version (NIV)With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.”

Context of Acts 2:40

38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.” With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.” 41Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day. 42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Acts 2:40 word by word

ἑτέροις τε λόγοις πλείοσιν διεμαρτύρατο καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτοὺς λέγων· σώθητε ἀπὸ τῆς γενεᾶς τῆς σκολιᾶς ταύτης.Read the interlinear

• Withτεte · and/bothG5037
• manyπλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn pleion pleon · greaterG4119
• otherἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
• wordsλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• he testifiedδιαμαρτύρομαιdiamarturomai · to testify solemnlyG1263
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• he urgedπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·λέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Be savedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• corruptσκολιόςskolios · crookedG4646
• generationγενεάgenea · generationG1074

Cross-references for Acts 2:40

• Acts 15:32Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.
• Acts 20:2After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,
• Acts 28:23So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
• John 21:25There are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.
• Acts 10:42And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.
• Acts 20:21testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Galatians 5:3Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
• Ephesians 4:17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:11For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
• 1 Peter 5:12Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
• Numbers 16:28Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:
• Proverbs 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
• Luke 21:36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
• 2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
• 2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
• 1 Timothy 4:16Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

Commentaries on Acts 2:40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 40Save yourselves from this untoward generation - Separate yourselves from them: be ye saved, : the power is present with you; make a proper use of it, and ye shall be delivered from their obstinate unbelief, and the punishment that awaits it in the destruction of them and their city by the Romans.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40Many other words - This discourse, though one of the longest in the New Testament, is but an outline. It contains, however, the substance of the plan of salvation, and is admirably arranged to attain its object. Testify - Bear witness to. He bore witness to the promises of Christianity; to the truths pertaining to the danger of sinners; and to the truth respecting the character of that generation. Exhort - He entreated them by arguments and promises. Save…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 37-41Verses 37-41 From the first delivery of that Divine message, it appeared that there was Divine power going with it; and thousands were brought to the obedience of faith. But neither Peter's words, nor the miracle they witnessed, could have produced such effects, had not the Holy Spirit been given. Sinners, when their eyes are opened, cannot but be pricked to the heart for sin, cannot but feel an inward uneasiness. The apostle exhorted them to repent of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 37-4037-40. pricked in their hearts--the begun fulfilment of Zec 12:10, whose full accomplishment is reserved for the day when "all Israel shall be saved" (see on Ro 11:26). what shall we do?--This is that beautiful spirit of genuine compunction and childlike docility, which, discovering its whole past career to have been one frightful mistake, seeks only to be set right for the future, be the change involved and the sacrifices required what they may. So Saul…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 2:40

• Character
• Orator
• Peter
• Preaching
• Repentance
• Revivals
• Self-Defense
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Approve
• Confound
• Determinate
• Exhort
• Gladness
• Messiah
• Miracle
• Notable
• Pentecost
• Untoward

Commentaries on Acts 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings