Acts 2:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: ”

Acts 2:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye men of Israel - Descendants of Israel or Jacob, that is, Jews. Peter proceeds now to the third part of his argument, to show that Jesus Christ had been raised up; that the scene which had occu...
Acts 2:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man (o) approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:...
Acts 2:22 - 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...
Acts 2:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ye men, &c. Compare Acts 2:14 . words. App-121. Jesus. App-98. of Nazareth . the Nazarene. This title occurs seven times in Acts. Man. App-123. approved . set forth, or commended....
Acts 2:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. Jesus of Nazareth Now doth Peter apply unto his purpose the prophecy of Joel; namely, that the Jews may thereby know that the time of restoring was present; and that Christ was given the...
Acts 2:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: A man a...
Acts 2:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A man approved of God among you— "Recommended to you, αποδεδειγμενον εις υμας, pointed out to you, as the object of your highest admiration." Heylin reads it, Whose divine authority was eviden...
Acts 2:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:...
Acts 2:22 - 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...
Acts 2:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jesus of Nazareth. — We hardly estimate, as we read them, the boldness implied in the utterance of that Name. Barely seven weeks had passed since He who bore it had died the death of a slave and of...
Acts 2:22 - 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...
Acts 2:22 - 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...
Acts 2:22 - 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...
Acts 2:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye men of Israel hear these words ,.... The Arabic version prefaces this passage with these words, "in those days Peter stood and said unto the people"; as if it was not on the same day, and the fol...
Acts 2:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Ver....
Acts 2:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye men of Israel, hear these words Let me charge it upon you, as a most important duty, to pay attention to these remarkable words of the prophet, which I have now repeated in your hearing; and a p...
Acts 2:22 - 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...
Acts 2:22 - 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...
Acts 2:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jesus of Nazareth; for so Pilate had called our Saviour through contempt, in his superscription on the cross: and that they might certainly know of whom he spake, and that he was not now (as former...
Acts 2:22 - 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...
Acts 2:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 2:22 . Mighty works, wonders, and signs .—Compare 2 Corinthians 12:12 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:9 ; Hebrews 2:4 . Of these terms, the first, δυνάμεις, refers to the powers by...
Acts 2:22 - 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...
Acts 2:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We cannot too often read the story of that wondrous outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; and let us never read it without asking the Lord to manifest in our midst the fullness of th...
Acts 2:22 - 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...
Acts 2:22 - 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...
Acts 2:22 - 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...
Acts 2:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by Him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Acts 2:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 10:37 ; Acts 13:16 ; Acts 14:27 ; Acts 21:28 ; Acts 22:8 ; Acts 24:5 ; Acts 26:26 ; Acts 26:9 ; Acts 3:12 ; Acts 4:10 ; Acts 5:35 ; Acts 6:14 ; Hebrews 2:4 ; Isaiah 41:14 ; John 1...

Acts 2:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 2:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 2:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 2:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 2:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 2:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 2:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 2:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 2:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 2:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 2:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 2:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 2:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 2:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 2:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 2:22 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 2:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 2:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 2:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 2:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 2:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge