Acts 2
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Acts 2:23-47

23thisG3778 Man, deliveredG1560 over by the 1predeterminedG3724 planG1012 and foreknowledgeG4268 of GodG2316, 2you nailedG4362 to a crossG4362 by the handsG5495 of 3godlessG459 menG459 and putG337 Him to deathG337. 244But 5GodG2316 raisedG450 Him up againG450, puttingG3089 an endG3089 to the 6agonyG5604 of deathG2288, sinceG2530 it 7was impossibleG3756G1415 for Him to be heldG2902 8in its powerG5259. 25For DavidG1160 saysG3004 of Him, ‘9I sawG4308 the LordG2962 alwaysG1223G3956 in my presenceG1799; For He is at my rightG1188 handG1188, soG2443 that I will not be shakenG4531.26ThereforeG1223G3778 my heartG2588 was gladG2165 and my tongueG1100 exultedG21; MoreoverG2089G1161 my fleshG4561 alsoG2532 will liveG2681 in hopeG1680;27BecauseG3754 You will not abandonG1459 my soulG5590 to 10HadesG86, 11NorG3761 12allowG1325 Your 13HolyG3741 OneG3741 to 14undergoG3708 decayG1312.28You have madeG1107 knownG1107 to me the waysG3598 of lifeG2222; You will makeG4137 me fullG4137 of gladnessG2167 with Your presenceG4383.’

29“15BrethrenG435G80, I mayG1832 confidentlyG3954 sayG3004 to you regardingG4012 the 16patriarchG3966 DavidG1160 that he bothG2532 17diedG5053 and 18was buriedG2290, and 19his tombG3418 is 20with us to thisG3778 dayG2250. 30And soG3767, because he was 21a prophetG4396 and knewG3609 that 22GodG2316 had swornG3660 to him with an oathG3727 to seatG2523 one 23of his descendantsG2590G3751 on his throneG2362, 31he lookedG4275 aheadG4275 and spokeG2980 of the resurrectionG386 of 24the ChristG5547, that 25He was neitherG3777 abandonedG1459 to HadesG86, norG3777 did His fleshG4561 26sufferG3708 decayG1312. 32ThisG3778 JesusG2424 27GodG2316 raisedG450 up againG450, to whichG3739 we are allG3956 28witnessesG3144. 33ThereforeG3767 having been exaltedG5312 2930to the rightG1188 handG1188 of GodG2316, and 31having receivedG2983 from the FatherG3962 32the promiseG1860 of the HolyG40 SpiritG4151, He has 33pouredG1632 forthG1632 thisG3778 whichG3739 you bothG2532 seeG991 and hearG191. 34For it was not DavidG1160 who ascendedG305 into 34heavenG3772, but he himselfG846 saysG3004: ‘35The LordG2962 saidG3004 to my LordG2962, “SitG2521 at My rightG1188 handG1188,35UntilG2193 I makeG5087 Your enemiesG2190 a footstoolG5286 for Your feetG4228.”’ 36ThereforeG3767 let allG3956 the 36houseG3624 of IsraelG2274 knowG1097 for certainG806 that GodG2316 has madeG4160 Him bothG2532 37LordG2962 and 38ChristG5547--thisG3778 JesusG2424 39whomG3739 you crucifiedG4717.”

37NowG1161 when they heardG191 this, they were 40piercedG2660 to the heartG2588, and saidG3004 to PeterG4074 and the restG3062 of the apostlesG652, “41BrethrenG435G80, 4243whatG5101 shall we doG4160?” 38PeterG4074 said to them, “44RepentG3340, and eachG1538 of you be 45baptizedG907 in the nameG3686 of JesusG2424 ChristG5547 for the forgivenessG859 of your sinsG266; and you will receiveG2983 the giftG1431 of the HolyG40 SpiritG4151. 39For 46the promiseG1860 is for you and your childrenG5043 and for allG3956 whoG3588 are 47farG3112 offG3112, as manyG3745 as the LordG2962 our GodG2316 will callG4341 to Himself.” 40And with manyG4183 otherG2087 wordsG3056 he solemnlyG1263 48testifiedG1263 and kept on exhortingG3870 them, sayingG3004, “49Be savedG4982 from thisG3778 50perverseG4646 generationG1074!” 41SoG3767 thenG3767, thoseG3588 who had receivedG588 his wordG3056 were baptizedG907; and that dayG2250 there were addedG4369 aboutG5616 threeG5153 thousandG5153 5152soulsG5590. 42They were 53continuallyG4342 devotingG4342 themselvesG4342 to the apostles’G652 teachingG1322 and to fellowshipG2842, to 54the breakingG2800 of breadG740 and 5556to prayerG4335.

4357EveryoneG3956 kept feelingG1096 a senseG5401 of aweG5401; and manyG4183 58wondersG5059 and 59signsG4592 were takingG1096 placeG1096 throughG1223 the apostlesG652. 44And allG3956 thoseG3588 who had believedG4100 60were togetherG1909G3588G846 and 61hadG2192 allG537 thingsG537 in commonG2839; 45and they 62began sellingG4097 their propertyG2933 and possessionsG5223 and were sharingG1266 them with allG3956, as anyoneG5100 might haveG2192 needG5532. 4663DayG2250 by dayG2250 continuingG4342 with oneG3661 mindG3661 in the templeG2413, and 64breakingG2806 breadG740 65from houseG3624 to houseG3624, they were takingG3335 their 66mealsG5160 togetherG3335 with gladnessG20 and 67sincerityG858 of heartG2588, 47praisingG134 GodG2316 and 68havingG2192 favorG5485 with allG3650 the peopleG2992. And the LordG2962 69was addingG4369 70to their numberG846 dayG2250 by dayG2250 71thoseG3588 who were being savedG4982.

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 2:23 Luke 22:22; Acts 3:18; 4:28; 1 Pet 1:20 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 2:23 Matt 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:33; 24:20; John 19:18; Acts 3:13 ↩
  3. 3. Acts 2:23 Lit men without the Law; i.e. pagan ↩
  4. 4. Acts 2:24 Lit Whom God raised up ↩
  5. 5. Acts 2:24 Matt 28:5, 6; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:5, 6; Acts 2:32; 3:15, 26; 4:10; 5:30; 10:40; 13:30, 33, 34, 37; 17:31; Rom 4:24; 6:4; 8:11; 10:9; 1 Cor 6:14; 15:15; 2 Cor 4:14; Gal 1:1; Eph 1:20; Col 2:12; 1 Thess 1:10; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 1:21 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 2:24 Lit birth pains ↩
  7. 7. Acts 2:24 John 20:9 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 2:24 Lit by it ↩
  9. 9. Acts 2:25 Ps 16:8-11 ↩
  10. 10. Acts 2:27 Matt 11:23; Acts 2:31 ↩
  11. 11. Acts 2:27 Acts 13:35 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 2:27 Lit give ↩
  13. 13. Acts 2:27 Or devout or pious ↩
  14. 14. Acts 2:27 Lit see corruption ↩
  15. 15. Acts 2:29 Lit Men brothers ↩
  16. 16. Acts 2:29 Acts 7:8f; Heb 7:4 ↩
  17. 17. Acts 2:29 Acts 13:36 ↩
  18. 18. Acts 2:29 1 Kin 2:10 ↩
  19. 19. Acts 2:29 Neh 3:16 ↩
  20. 20. Acts 2:29 Lit among ↩
  21. 21. Acts 2:30 Matt 22:43 ↩
  22. 22. Acts 2:30 Ps 132:11; 2 Sam 7:12f; Ps 89:3f ↩
  23. 23. Acts 2:30 Lit of the fruit of his loins ↩
  24. 24. Acts 2:31 I.e. the Messiah ↩
  25. 25. Acts 2:31 Matt 11:23; Acts 2:27 ↩
  26. 26. Acts 2:31 Lit see corruption ↩
  27. 27. Acts 2:32 Acts 2:24; 3:15, 26; 4:10; 5:30; 10:40; 13:30, 33, 34, 37; 17:31; Rom 4:24; 6:4; 8:11; 10:9; 1 Cor 6:14; 15:15; 2 Cor 4:14; Gal 1:1; Eph 1:20; Col 2:12; 1 Thess 1:10; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 1:21 ↩
  28. 28. Acts 2:32 Acts 1:8 ↩
  29. 29. Acts 2:33 Or by ↩
  30. 30. Acts 2:33 Mark 16:19; Acts 5:31 ↩
  31. 31. Acts 2:33 Acts 1:4 ↩
  32. 32. Acts 2:33 John 7:39; Gal 3:14 ↩
  33. 33. Acts 2:33 Acts 2:17; 10:45 ↩
  34. 34. Acts 2:34 Lit the heavens ↩
  35. 35. Acts 2:34 Ps 110:1; Matt 22:44f ↩
  36. 36. Acts 2:36 Ezek 36:22, 32, 37; 45:6 ↩
  37. 37. Acts 2:36 Acts 2:23 ↩
  38. 38. Acts 2:36 I.e. Messiah ↩
  39. 39. Acts 2:36 Luke 2:11 ↩
  40. 40. Acts 2:37 Or wounded in conscience ↩
  41. 41. Acts 2:37 Lit Men brothers ↩
  42. 42. Acts 2:37 Or what are we to do ↩
  43. 43. Acts 2:37 Luke 3:10, 12, 14 ↩
  44. 44. Acts 2:38 Mark 1:15; Luke 24:47; Acts 3:19; 5:31; 20:21 ↩
  45. 45. Acts 2:38 Mark 16:16; Acts 8:12, 16; 22:16 ↩
  46. 46. Acts 2:39 Is 44:3; 54:13; 57:19; Joel 2:32; Rom 9:4; Eph 2:12 ↩
  47. 47. Acts 2:39 Eph 2:13, 17 ↩
  48. 48. Acts 2:40 Luke 16:28 ↩
  49. 49. Acts 2:40 Or Escape ↩
  50. 50. Acts 2:40 Deut 32:5; Matt 17:17; Phil 2:15 ↩
  51. 51. Acts 2:41 I.e. persons ↩
  52. 52. Acts 2:41 Acts 3:23; 7:14; 27:37; Rom 13:1; 1 Pet 3:20; Rev 16:3 ↩
  53. 53. Acts 2:42 Acts 1:14 ↩
  54. 54. Acts 2:42 Luke 24:30; Acts 2:46; 20:7; 1 Cor 10:16 ↩
  55. 55. Acts 2:42 Lit the prayers ↩
  56. 56. Acts 2:42 Acts 1:14 ↩
  57. 57. Acts 2:43 Lit fear was occurring to every soul ↩
  58. 58. Acts 2:43 Acts 2:22 ↩
  59. 59. Acts 2:43 Or attesting miracles ↩
  60. 60. Acts 2:44 One early ms does not contain were and and ↩
  61. 61. Acts 2:44 Acts 4:32, 37; 5:2 ↩
  62. 62. Acts 2:45 Matt 19:21; Acts 4:34 ↩
  63. 63. Acts 2:46 Acts 5:42 ↩
  64. 64. Acts 2:46 Luke 24:30; Acts 2:42; 20:7; 1 Cor 10:16 ↩
  65. 65. Acts 2:46 Or in the various private homes ↩
  66. 66. Acts 2:46 Lit food ↩
  67. 67. Acts 2:46 Or simplicity ↩
  68. 68. Acts 2:47 Acts 5:13 ↩
  69. 69. Acts 2:47 Acts 2:41; 4:4; 5:14; 6:1, 7; 9:31, 35, 42; 11:21, 24; 14:1, 21; 16:5; 17:12 ↩
  70. 70. Acts 2:47 Lit together ↩
  71. 71. Acts 2:47 1 Cor 1:18 ↩

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