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 said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.” With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse generation!” 41So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added. 42They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andτεte · and/bothG5037
• withλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• manyπλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn pleion pleon · greaterG4119
• otherἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
• did he testifyδιαμαρτύρομαιdiamarturomai · to testify solemnlyG1263
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• exhortπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Save yourselvesσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• untowardσκολιόςskolios · crookedG4646
• generationγενεάgenea · generationG1074

Cross-references for Acts 2:40

• Acts 15:32Both Judas and Silas, who were prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with a long speech.
• Acts 20:2After he had gone through those regions and spoken many words of encouragement to the believers there, he came to Greece,
• Acts 28:23They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.
• John 21:25There are many other things that Jesus did. If every one of them were written down, I suppose the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.
• Acts 10:42He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.
• Acts 20:21testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
• Galatians 5:3And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
• Ephesians 4:17So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:11As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,
• 1 Peter 5:12Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.
• Numbers 16:28Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them of my own will.
• Proverbs 9:6Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”
• Luke 21:36But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
• 2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea through us. We plead with you on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!”
• 2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore “come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord, “and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,
• 1 Timothy 4:16Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach. Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to 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