Acts 2:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. ”

Acts 2:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And there appeared unto them - There were seen by them, or they saw. The fire was first seen by them in the room before it rested in the form of tongues on the heads of the disciples. Perhaps the...
Acts 2:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Promise of the Spirit is Fulfilled to the Disciples. Acts 2:1 . Fifty days after Easter, ten days after the Ascension, the promise of Acts 1:4 ; Acts 1:8 is fulfilled and the Church starts...
Acts 2:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

appeared unto . were seen by. Greek. horao. App-133. cloven tongues . tongues distributing, or parting themselves. upon. Greek. epi. App-104. each . each one.
Acts 2:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1736 OUT-POURING OF THE SPIRIT Acts 2:1-4 . 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...
Acts 2:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. Cloven tongues like as of fire - The tongues were the emblem of the languages they were to speak. The cloven...
Acts 2:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

There appeared unto them cloven tongues— Besides the great and indispensable use of the gift of tongues to the first preachers of the gospel, the elegance and propriety in the choice of this miracl...
Acts 2:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues, х diamerizomenai ( G1266 ) gloossai ( G1100 )]...
Acts 2:3 - 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 2:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lastly, the Feast of Pentecost had — traditionally, at least — also a commemorative character. On that day — so it was computed by the later Rabbis, though the Book of Exodus ( Exodus 19:1 ) seems to...
Acts 2:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 THE PENTECOSTAL BLESSING. Acts 2:1-4 IN these words we find the record of the event which completed the Church, and endowed it with that mysterious power which then was, and ever sin...
Acts 2:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Speaking in Strange Tongues Acts 2:1-13 The priests in the Temple were offering the first loaves of the new harvest, in celebration of the feast of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came as the f...
Acts 2:3 - 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 2:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. (3) And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it s...
Acts 2:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire ,.... An emblem of the various tongues and languages, in which they were to preach the Gospel; these appearances were like flames of fire...
Acts 2:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. Ver. 3. Cloven tongues ] Teaching them both ορθοτομειν, to divide the word aright, and also ορθοποδειν,...
Acts 2:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And suddenly That is, unexpectedly and in a moment, not gradually, as winds generally rise; there came a sound from heaven Not, as some have supposed, like a clap of thunder; but as of a rushing...
Acts 2:3 - 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 2:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Day of Pentecost. 1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly...
Acts 2:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Cloven tongs; to signify the variety of languages which the apostles should be enabled to speak, to qualify them to preach the gospel unto all nations, and to remove the obstacle which the confusio...
Acts 2:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Coming of the Holy Spirit (2:1-4). It must be recognised what Pentecost was. It was not the day of the crowning of the King. That had already taken place in Heaven ( Matthew 28:18 ; Mark 16:1...
Acts 2:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 2:1 . Pentecost .—So called from the date of its occurrence, the fiftieth from the second day of the Passover. Fully come .—Lit. was being fulfilled , referring to the co...
Acts 2:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

cloven tongues tongues, as of fire, parting and sitting upon each of them.
Acts 2:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 2:1-13 Pentecost I. The congregation in that upper room was the representative, or, as it were, the seed-germ, of the whole Catholic Church of all the centuries and of every land. For a symb...
Acts 2:3 - 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...
Acts 2:3 - 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 2:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come. The day of Pentecost I. In the occurrences of the day of Pentecost we discover evidence of a special Divine influence. This idea is too prevalent,...
Acts 2:3 - 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 2:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Pentecost Miracle. The apostles filled with the Holy Spirit:
Acts 2:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 12:10 ; Acts 1:15 ; Acts 2:11 ; Acts 2:4 ; Genesis 11:6 ; Isaiah 11:2 ; Isaiah 11:3 ; Isaiah 6:5 ; James 3:6 ; Jeremiah 23:29 ; John 1:32 ; John 1:33 ; Luke 24:32 ; Malach...
Acts 2:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Results of Pentecost Acts 2:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Before Christ went away He said unto the disciples, "Behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you: but tarry ye in Jerusalem, until...
Acts 2:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And there appeared distinct tongues, as of fire — That is, small flames of fire. This is all which the phrase, tongues of fire, means in the language of the seventy. Yet it might intimate God's tou...

Acts 2:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 2:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 2:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Acts 2:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 2:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 2:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 2:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 2:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Acts 2:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 2:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 2:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 2:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 2:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 2:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 2:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 2:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 2:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

Acts 2:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 2:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 2:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 2:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 2:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 2:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 2:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 2:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes