New American Standard Bible 2020
Acts 2:14-40
14But PeterG4074, takingG2476 his standG2476 with 1the other elevenG1733, raisedG1869 his voiceG5456 and declaredG669 to them: “MenG435 of JudeaG2449 and allG3956 you who liveG2730 in JerusalemG2419, 2knowG1110 thisG3778, and payG1801 attentionG1801 toG1801 my wordsG4487. 15For theseG3778 peopleG3778 areG3184 not drunkG3184, as you assumeG5274, 3sinceG1063 it is only the 4thirdG5154 hourG5610 of the dayG2250; 16but thisG3778 is what has been spokenG3004 throughG1223 the prophetG4396 JoelG2493:17‘5And it shall be in the lastG2078 daysG2250,’ GodG2316 saysG3004, ‘That I will pourG1632 outG1632 My SpiritG4151 on allG3956 6mankindG4561; And your sonsG5207 and your daughtersG2364 will prophesyG4395, And your youngG3495 menG3495 will seeG3708 visionsG3706, And your oldG4245 menG4245 will 7haveG1797 dreamsG1798;18And evenG1065 on My maleG1401 and femaleG1399 8servantsG1401 I will pourG1632 outG1632 My SpiritG4151 in thoseG1565 daysG2250, And they will prophesyG4395.19And I will 9displayG1325 wondersG5059 in the skyG3772 aboveG507 And signsG4592 on the earthG1093 belowG2736, BloodG129, fireG4442, and 10vaporG822 of smokeG2586.20The sunG2246 will be turnedG3344 into darknessG4655 And the moonG4582 into bloodG129, BeforeG4250 the greatG3173 and gloriousG2016 dayG2250 of the LordG2962 comesG2064.21And it shall be that 11everyoneG3956 whoG3739 callsG1941 onG1941 the nameG3686 of the LordG2962 will be savedG4982.’
22“MenG435 of IsraelG2475, listenG191 to theseG3778 wordsG3056: 12JesusG2424 the NazareneG3480, 13a ManG435 14attestedG584 to you by GodG2316 with 15miraclesG1411 and 16wondersG5059 and 17signsG4592 whichG3739 GodG2316 performedG4160 throughG1223 Him in your midstG3319, justG2531 asG2531 you yourselvesG846 knowG3609-- 23thisG3778 Man, deliveredG1560 overG1560 by the 18predeterminedG3724 planG1012 and foreknowledgeG4268 of GodG2316, 19you nailedG4362 toG4362 aG4362 crossG4362 by the handsG5495 of 20godlessG459 menG459 and putG337 Him toG337 deathG337. 2421But 22GodG2316 raisedG450 Him from the dead, puttingG3089 anG3089 endG3089 to the 23agonyG5604 of deathG2288, sinceG2530 it 24was impossibleG3756G1415 for Him to be heldG2902 25inG5259 its powerG5259. 25For DavidG1160 saysG3004 of Him, ‘26I sawG4308 the LordG2962 continuallyG1223G3956 beforeG1799 me, BecauseG3754 He is at my rightG1188 handG1188, soG2443 thatG2443 I will not be shakenG4531.26ThereforeG1223G3778 my heartG2588 wasG2165 gladG2165 and my tongueG1100 was overjoyedG21; MoreoverG2089G1161 my fleshG4561 alsoG2532 will liveG2681 in hopeG1680;27For You will not abandonG1459 my soulG5590 to 27HadesG86, 28NorG3761 will You 29allowG1325 Your 30HolyG3741 OneG3741 to 31undergoG3708 decayG1312.28You have madeG1107 knownG1107 to me the waysG3598 of lifeG2222; You will makeG4137 me fullG4137 of gladnessG2167 with Your presenceG4383.’
29“32BrothersG435G80, I mayG1832 confidentlyG3954 sayG3004 to you regardingG4012 the 33patriarchG3966 DavidG1160 that he bothG2532 34diedG5053 and 35was buriedG2290, and 36his tombG3418 is 37with us to thisG3778 dayG2250. 30SoG3767 because he was 38a prophetG4396 and knewG3609 that 39GodG2316 had swornG3660 to him with an oathG3727 to seatG2523 one 40of his descendantsG2590G3751 on his throneG2362, 31he lookedG4275 aheadG4275 and spokeG2980 of the resurrectionG386 of the 41ChristG5547, that 42He was neitherG3777 abandonedG1459 to HadesG86, norG3777 did His fleshG4561 43sufferG3708 decayG1312. 32It is thisG3778 JesusG2424 whom 44GodG2316 raisedG450 upG450, 45a fact to whichG3739 we are allG3956 46witnessesG3144. 33ThereforeG3767, 47since He has been exaltedG5312 4849at the rightG1188 handG1188 of GodG2316, and 50has receivedG2983 51the promiseG1860 of the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 from the FatherG3962, He has 52pouredG1632 outG1632 thisG3778 whichG3739 you bothG2532 seeG991 and hearG191. 34For it was not DavidG1160 who ascendedG305 into 53heavenG3772, but he himselfG846 saysG3004: ‘54The LordG2962 saidG3004 to my LordG2962, “SitG2521 at My rightG1188 handG1188,35UntilG2193 I makeG5087 Your enemiesG2190 a footstoolG5286 for Your feetG4228.”’ 36ThereforeG3767 let allG3956 the 55houseG3624 of IsraelG2474 knowG1097 for certainG806 that GodG2316 has madeG4160 Him bothG2532 56LordG2962 and 57ChristG5547--thisG3778 JesusG2424 58whomG3739 you crucifiedG4717.”
37NowG1161 when they heardG191 this, they were 59piercedG2660 to the heartG2588, and saidG3004 to PeterG4074 and the restG3062 of the apostlesG652, “60BrothersG435G80, 61whatG5101 are we to doG4160?” 38PeterG4074 said to them, “62RepentG3340, and eachG1538 of you be 63baptizedG907 in the nameG3686 of JesusG2424 ChristG5547 for the forgivenessG859 of your sinsG266; and you will receiveG2983 the giftG1431 of the HolyG40 SpiritG4151. 39For 64the promiseG1860 is for you and your childrenG5043 and for allG3956 whoG3588 are 65farG3112 awayG3112, as manyG3745 as the LordG2962 our GodG2316 will callG4341 to Himself.” 40And with manyG4183 otherG2087 wordsG3056 he solemnlyG1263 66testifiedG1263 and kept on urgingG3870 them, sayingG3004, “67Be savedG4982 from thisG3778 68perverseG4646 generationG1074!”
Notes
- 1. Acts 2:14 Acts 1:26 ↩
- 2. Acts 2:14 Lit let this be known to you ↩
- 3. Acts 2:15 1 Thess 5:7 ↩
- 4. Acts 2:15 I.e., 9 a.m. ↩
- 5. Acts 2:17 Joel 2:28-32 ↩
- 6. Acts 2:17 Lit flesh ↩
- 7. Acts 2:17 Lit dream with dreams ↩
- 8. Acts 2:18 Or slaves ↩
- 9. Acts 2:19 Lit give ↩
- 10. Acts 2:19 I.e., like a volcanic eruption ↩
- 11. Acts 2:21 Rom 10:13 ↩
- 12. Acts 2:22 Acts 3:6; 4:10; 10:38 ↩
- 13. Acts 2:22 John 3:2 ↩
- 14. Acts 2:22 Or exhibited; or accredited ↩
- 15. Acts 2:22 Or works of power ↩
- 16. Acts 2:22 John 4:48; Acts 2:19, 43 ↩
- 17. Acts 2:22 I.e., confirming miracles ↩
- 18. Acts 2:23 Luke 22:22; Acts 3:18; 4:28; 1 Pet 1:20 ↩
- 19. Acts 2:23 Matt 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:33; 24:20; John 19:18; Acts 3:13 ↩
- 20. Acts 2:23 Lit men without the Law; i.e., pagan ↩
- 21. Acts 2:24 Lit Whom God raised up ↩
- 22. 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 ↩
- 23. Acts 2:24 Lit birth pains ↩
- 24. Acts 2:24 John 20:9 ↩
- 25. Acts 2:24 Lit by it ↩
- 26. Acts 2:25 Ps 16:8-11 ↩
- 27. Acts 2:27 Matt 11:23; Acts 2:31 ↩
- 28. Acts 2:27 Acts 13:35 ↩
- 29. Acts 2:27 Lit give ↩
- 30. Acts 2:27 Or Devout; or Pious ↩
- 31. Acts 2:27 Lit see corruption ↩
- 32. Acts 2:29 Lit Men, brothers ↩
- 33. Acts 2:29 Acts 7:8f; Heb 7:4 ↩
- 34. Acts 2:29 Acts 13:36 ↩
- 35. Acts 2:29 1 Kin 2:10 ↩
- 36. Acts 2:29 Neh 3:16 ↩
- 37. Acts 2:29 Lit among ↩
- 38. Acts 2:30 Matt 22:43 ↩
- 39. Acts 2:30 Ps 132:11; 2 Sam 7:12f; Ps 89:3f ↩
- 40. Acts 2:30 Lit of the fruit of his loins ↩
- 41. Acts 2:31 I.e., Messiah ↩
- 42. Acts 2:31 Matt 11:23; Acts 2:27 ↩
- 43. Acts 2:31 Lit see corruption ↩
- 44. 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 ↩
- 45. Acts 2:32 Or of whom we ↩
- 46. Acts 2:32 Acts 1:8 ↩
- 47. Acts 2:33 Or having been...having received ↩
- 48. Acts 2:33 Or by ↩
- 49. Acts 2:33 Mark 16:19; Acts 5:31 ↩
- 50. Acts 2:33 Acts 1:4 ↩
- 51. Acts 2:33 John 7:39; Gal 3:14 ↩
- 52. Acts 2:33 Acts 2:17; 10:45 ↩
- 53. Acts 2:34 Lit the heavens ↩
- 54. Acts 2:34 Ps 110:1; Matt 22:44f ↩
- 55. Acts 2:36 Ezek 36:22, 32, 37; 45:6 ↩
- 56. Acts 2:36 Acts 2:23 ↩
- 57. Acts 2:36 I.e., Messiah ↩
- 58. Acts 2:36 Luke 2:11 ↩
- 59. Acts 2:37 Or wounded in conscience ↩
- 60. Acts 2:37 Lit Men, brothers ↩
- 61. Acts 2:37 Luke 3:10, 12, 14 ↩
- 62. Acts 2:38 Mark 1:15; Luke 24:47; Acts 3:19; 5:31; 20:21 ↩
- 63. Acts 2:38 Mark 16:16; Acts 8:12, 16; 22:16 ↩
- 64. Acts 2:39 Is 44:3; 54:13; 57:19; Joel 2:32; Rom 9:4; Eph 2:12 ↩
- 65. Acts 2:39 Eph 2:13, 17 ↩
- 66. Acts 2:40 Luke 16:28 ↩
- 67. Acts 2:40 Or Escape ↩
- 68. Acts 2:40 Deut 32:5; Matt 17:17; Phil 2:15 ↩
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
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