Acts 2:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: ”

Acts 2:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Him, being delivered - ἔκδοτον ekdoton. This word, delivered, is used commonly of those who are surrendered or delivered into the hands of enemies or adversaries. It means that Jesus was su...
Acts 2:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and (p) foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked (q) hands have crucified and (r) slain: (p) God's everlasting foreknowledge, which can neit...
Acts 2:23 - 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 2:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

being delivered. Only here. determinate . determined. Greek. horizo. Here; Acts 10:42 ; Acts 11:29 ; Acts 17:26 ; Acts 17:31 . Luke 22:22 . Romans 1:4 . Hebrews 4:7 . counsel. App-102....
Acts 2:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. Him have ye slain. He maketh mention of the death of Christ for this cause chiefly, that the resurrection might the more assuredly be believed. It was a thing full well known among the J...
Acts 2:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel - Bp. Pearce par...
Acts 2:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Him, being delivered, &c.— The word εκδοτον, rendered being delivered, signifies one given or surrendered up into the hands of an enemy; and St. Luke intimates by it the free and gracious...
Acts 2:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and fore...
Acts 2:23 - 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 2:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

By the determinate counsel and fore knowledge of God. — The adjective meets us again in St. Peter’s speech in Acts 10:42 ; the word for “foreknowledge in his Epistle ( 1 Peter 1:2 ), and there onl...
Acts 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Him being delivered ,.... By himself, according to his own will, for he gave, or delivered himself for his people; and by his Father, who spared him not, but delivered him up for us all; and by Juda...
Acts 2:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: Ver. 23. And by wicked hands, &c. ] Facinus vincire civ...
Acts 2:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Him, being delivered Unto death, by God his heavenly Father, who not only permitted him to be put to death, but delivered him up for us all. Romans 8:32 ; devoted and gave him up; and yet he was...
Acts 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God: that the apostle might take away the offence of the cross of Christ, he declares unto them that he did not suffer...
Acts 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Peter's testimony of Jesus:
Acts 2:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:20 ; 1 Peter 2:8 ; Acts 13:27 ; Acts 15:18 ; Acts 3:13-15 ; Acts 3:18 ; Acts 4:10 ; Acts 4:11 ; Acts 4:28 ; Acts 5:30 ; Acts 7:52 ; Daniel 4:35 ; Daniel 9:24-27 ; Genesis 50:2...
Acts 2:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God — The apostle here anticipates an objection, Why did God suffer such a person to be so treated? Did he not know what wicked...

Acts 2:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 2:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 2:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 2:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 2:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 2:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 2:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 2:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 2:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 2:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 2:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 2:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 2:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 2:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 2:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 2:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 2:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 2:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 2:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 2:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 2:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 2:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes