“ Until I make thy foes thy footstool. ”
For David is not ascended into the heavens - That is, David has not risen from the dead and ascended to heaven. This further shows that Psalms 16:1-11 could not refer to David, but must refer t...
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...
Thy footstool . the footstool of Thy feet. Quoted from Psalms 110:1 . See note on Matthew 22:44 .
Until I make thy foes thy footstool. Until I make thy foes thy footstool - It was usual with conquerors to put their feet on the necks of vanquished leaders, as emblematical of the state of subjectio...
Until I make thy foes thy footstool.— This text is quoted on the present occasion with the happiest address, as suggesting to the Jews, in the words of David, their great prophetic monarch, how cer...
Until I make thy foes thy footstool. Until I make thy foes thy footstool. 'David himself (argues the apostle) cannot possibly be the subject of this prophetic psalm of his, for he calls the p...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Until I make thy foes thy footstool. Matthew 22:44 .
Until I make thy foes thy footstool. Ver. 35. Thy footstool ] They that will not bend shall break; Christ will fetch in his rebels, and set his feet of fine brass on the necks of them, Revelation...
This Jesus Whom we assert to be the true Messiah; hath God raised up According to the tenor of his promise; whereof Of which resurrection; we all are witnesses On our personal and certain kno...
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...
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...
Christ is commissioned and empowered to reign over and govern all creatures, and all their actions, till the consummation of all things, so long as the world lasts, in which he, his people, and truth...
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...
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 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...
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 2:1 . 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...
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...
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...
The conclusion of Peter's sermon:
Genesis 3:15 ; Isaiah 49:23 ; Isaiah 59:18 ; Isaiah 60:14 ; Isaiah 63:4-6 ; Joshua 10:24 ; Joshua 10:25 ; Luke 19:27 ; Luke 20:16-18 ; Psalms 18:40-42 ; Psalms 2:8-12 ; Psalms 21:8-12 ;...
Until I make thine enemies thy footstool — This text is here quoted with the greatest address, as suggesting in the words of David, their great prophetic monarch, how certain their own ruin must be...