Acts 2:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. ”

• Acts 2:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Whosoever shall call - In the midst of these wonders and dangers, whosoever should call on the Lord should be delivered (Joel). The name of the Lord is the same as the Lord himself. It is a Hebra...

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• Acts 2:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (4) And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall (n) call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. (4) The most important use of all the gifts of the Holy Spirit is to bring men to salvation by...

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• Acts 2:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Peter Explains the Occurrence. Peter is, as before, the mouthpiece of the community. His speech is not addressed to foreigners but to the people of Jerusalem, and shows us, as his other speeches do...

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• Acts 2:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  call, &c. Greek. epikaleo. Compare Acts 7:59 ; Acts 9:14 ; Acts 22:16 ; Romans 10:12-14 ; 1 Corinthians 1:2 .

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• Acts 2:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  21. Whosoever shall call upon An excellent place. For as God doth prick us forward like sluggish asses, with threatenings and terrors to seek salvation, se, after that he hath brought darkne...

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• Acts 2:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved - The predicted ruin is now impending; and o...

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• Acts 2:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord.— See Ezekiel 9:4-6 . This context being quoted thus, was a strong intimation that nothing but their acceptance of the gospel could secure them from im...

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• Acts 2:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. This...

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• Acts 2:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Day of Pentecost 1-13. Pentecost. On this day the risen Lord fulfilled His promise to send another Comforter (or Advocate) 'that He may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of Truth, whom...

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• Acts 2:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord... — Singularly enough, the precise phrase, to “call upon” God, common as it is in the Old Testament, does not occur in the Gospels. With St. Luke and S...

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• Acts 2:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Outpoured Spirit Acts 2:14-24 The exulting joy of these Spirit-anointed people was accounted for by some through charging them with drunkenness. Peter dismissed the charge as absurd, seeing...

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• Acts 2:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The first paragraph of this chapter records the first page of the history of the Church. It is seen as it began to form. The separated units of the disciples were fused into the new unity of the Chur...

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• Acts 2:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: (15) For these a...

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• Acts 2:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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...

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• Acts 2:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Ver. 21. Shall be saved ] Therefore to be able to pray is better than to be able to prophesy, Matth...

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• Acts 2:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  But this is that which was spoken by the Prophet Joel But there is another and better way of accounting for what you see and hear. It is the accomplishment of a remarkable prophecy, in its primary...

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• Acts 2:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  The feast of Pentecost in Israel looked forward to the very day on which God had decreed that the Spirit of God should come to form and indwell and empower the Church of God, which Christ had declare...

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• Acts 2:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Peter's Sermon at Jerusalem.       14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, a...

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• Acts 2:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  That he may prepare thus a people for the Lord, the apostle shows by what means they and we may escape. Pray in faith unto him. The name is that whereby any one is known; and the Lord's name is his a...

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• Acts 2:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Peter's Reply (2:14-36). In his reply Peter reveals a combination of what he has learned through the ministry of Jesus, and what Jesus had made clear to His disciples over His resurrection appeara...

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• Acts 2:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 2:14 . Men of Judæa .—Natives of Jerusalem. Ye that dwell at Jerusalem. —Foreign Jews, sojourners in the city from other parts. Acts 2:15 . These .—Not the eleven with...

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• Acts 2:21 - Scofield Reference Notes

  saved ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 1:16 ).

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• Acts 2:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Acts 2 We have here the history of the first Christian revival. Let us trace it through, and mark at once its origin and its characteristics. I. It was ushered in by prayer. Like true children of...

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• Acts 2:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Acts 2:1-8 . And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. «And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all th...

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• Acts 2:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Acts 2:1 . The day of Pentecost. The fiftieth day after our Lord's resurrection, and the day when the sheaf of the firstfruits was offered. Though the feast of Pentecost was but one day, yet like...

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• Acts 2:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

  But Peter standing up with the eleven. The scene Never was such an audience assembled as that before which this poor fisherman appeared: men of different nations, rapidly and earnestly speaking...

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• Acts 2:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Acts 2:1 Was now come for was fully come, A.V.; all together for with one accord, A.V. and T.R. When the day of Pentecost was now come ; literally, when the day of Pent...

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• Acts 2:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Sermon of Peter and Its Effect. The introduction of the sermon:

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• Acts 2:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 1:2 ; Acts 22:16 ; Acts 9:11 ; Acts 9:15 ; Hebrews 4:16 ; Joel 2:32 ; Matthew 28:19 ; Psalms 86:5 ; Romans 10:12 ; Romans 10:13

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• Acts 2:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  But — whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord — This expression implies the whole of religion, and particularly prayer uttered in faith; shall be saved — From all those plagues; from sin and h...

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