Acts 2:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. ”

Acts 2:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whom God hath raised up - This was the main point, in this part of his argument, which Peter wished to establish. He could not but admit that the Messiah had been in an ignominious manner put to...
Acts 2:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the (s) pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. (6) As David foretold, Christ did not only rise again, but also was voi...
Acts 2:24 - 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 2:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

raised up. App-178. Compare Acts 13:32 ; Acts 13:33 . pains . birth-pangs. Greek. odin. Only here; Matthew 24:8 ; Mark 13:8 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:3 . Used in the Septuagint in Psalms 116:3...
Acts 2:24 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

24. Having loosed the sorrows of death. By the sorrows of death I understand some farther thing than the bodily sense or feeling. For those which duly consider the nature of death, because t...
Acts 2:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. Whom God hath raised up - For, as God alone gave him up to death, so God alone r...
Acts 2:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Whom God hath raised up, &c.— "But be it known unto you, that God hath abundantly vindicated the honour of this his dear Son, whom you have thus infamously abused, and hath borne a most gloriou...
Acts 2:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. Whom God hath raised up - thus augustly reversing their sentence of cond...
Acts 2:24 - 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 2:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Whom God hath raised up. — It is probable enough that some rumours of the Resurrection had found their way among the people, and had been met by the counter-statement of which we read in Matthew 2...
Acts 2:24 - 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 2:24 - 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 2:24 - 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 2:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whom God raised up ,.... From the dead; for though his life was taken away by men, he was raised to life again by God the Father, to whom the resurrection of Christ is generally ascribed, though not...
Acts 2:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. Ver. 24. It was not possible ] For he was life essential, and therefore "swa...
Acts 2:24 - 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 2:24 - 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 2:24 - 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 2:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBHeb; Whom God hath raised up: Christ rose by his own power as God: it being, perhaps, too strong meat to be given at first to such who were under so great prejudices against our Saviour; but by...
Acts 2:24 - 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 2:24 - 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 2:24 - 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 2:24 - 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 2:24 - 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 2:24 - 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 2:24 - 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 2:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Peter's testimony of Jesus:
Acts 2:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:12 ; 1 Corinthians 6:14 ; 1 Peter 1:21 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:10 ; 2 Corinthians 4:14 ; Acts 1:16 ; Acts 10:40 ; Acts 10:41 ; Acts 13:30 ; Acts 13:34 ; Acts 17:31 ; Acts 2:3...
Acts 2:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Having loosed the pains of death — The word properly means, the pains of a woman in travail. As it was not possible that he should be held under it — Because the Scripture must needs be fulfilled.

Acts 2:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 2:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 2:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 2:24 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 2:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 2:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 2:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 2:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 2:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 2:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 2:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 2:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 2:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 2:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 2:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 2:24 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 2:24 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 2:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 2:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 2:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 2:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 2:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes