Acts 2:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: ”

Acts 2:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore - Peter ascribes these expressions to the Messiah. The reason why he would exult or rejoice was, that he would be preserved amidst the sorrows that were coming on him, and could look fo...
Acts 2:26 - 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 2:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Therefore . On account of (App-104. Acts 2:2 ; Acts 2:2 ) this. was glad . rejoiced exceedingly. See Matthew 5:12 ; 1 Peter 1:8 ; 1 Peter 4:13 . also my flesh . my flesh also. rest. Liter...
Acts 2:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

26. For this my heart rejoiced Joy of the soul, gladness of the tongue, and quietness of all the whole body, do ensue upon sure hope and confidence; for unless men be quite past feeling, (1...
Acts 2:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: And my tongue was glad - In the Hebrew it is ויגל כבודי vaiyagel kebodi, "And my glory was glad:" bu...
Acts 2:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad. In the Psalm the word is "my glory"...
Acts 2:26 - 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 2:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My tongue was glad. — The Hebrew gives “my glory,” a term which was applied to the mind of man, perhaps also to his faculty of speech ( Psalms 57:8 ; Psalms 62:7 ), as that by which he excelled al...
Acts 2:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

David's Lord and Ours Acts 2:25-36 When one considers the vast result of this address, one wonders at its simplicity. It is almost entirely a string of apt quotations. But what may not the Word...
Acts 2:26 - 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 2:26 - 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 2:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore did my heart rejoice ,.... Because that he had always the truth, faithfulness, and power of God in his view, and the presence and protection of God with him; and which are sufficient to ma...
Acts 2:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Ver. 26. My tongue ] Heb. "my glory." With the tongue bless we God, James 3:9 , which is the be...
Acts 2:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For David speaketh concerning him Namely, Psalms 16:8-11 , where see the notes. I foresaw the Lord always before my face In the Psalm, according to the Hebrew, it is, I have set the Lord always...
Acts 2:26 - 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 2:26 - 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 2:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Therefore, because of God's nearness to or presence with him, did my heart rejoice; Christ's and his people's joy is solid and true, real and inward, and may bear the test, res severa est verum...
Acts 2:26 - 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 2:26 - 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 2:26 - 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 2:26 - 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 2:26 - 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 2:26 - 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 2:26 - 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 2:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The proof from David:
Acts 2:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 16:9 ; Psalms 22:22-24 ; Psalms 30:11 ; Psalms 63:5 ; Psalms 71:23

Acts 2:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 2:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 2:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 2:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 2:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 2:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 2:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 2:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 2:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 2:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 2:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 2:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 2:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 2:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 2:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 2:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 2:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 2:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 2:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge