The word pentecost is a greek word, signifying the fiftieth part of a thing. This power of speaking different languages, and declaring the truth of the gospel. This event is designated in the bible as the day of pentecost acts 2. This feast was reckoned from the sixteenth day of the month abib, or april, or the second day of the. What of pentecost does god want the church to expect in its life today. Several of the quotes within the passage occur throughout the book of acts. The book of 2 peter had to defend the promise of jesus return because so many decades had elapsed since the. Therefore many verses do not yet have notes, but if the lord tarries and gives me breath, additions will follow. As with any single verse or passage, we discern what it teaches by first filtering it through what we know the. Apr 10, 2018 sharefaith kids pentecost sunday school lesson the holy spirit comes is exactly what you have been searching for.
Acts 2 niv bible when the day of pentecost came, they. Read and study acts 2 with the versebyverse bible commentary. It was the day on which the holy spirit made a unique visit to the earth. Maybe the best explanation for this incredible sign is the old testament. Acts 2 niv the holy spirit comes at pentecost bible. Acts chapter 2 barnes notes on the new testament on. Acts 2, new international version niv the bible app. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled.
Next chapter of acts the book of acts, chapter 2 we hope that you find the content of the book of acts, chapter 2 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. The unity of the spirit felt by the first christians when the. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early. Click chart to enlarge charts from jensens survey of the nt used by permission another chart from charles swindoll another chart on acts. Christ having ordered them not to depart thence, but to wait for the pouring out of the holy spirit. Acts chapter 2 explained discover the 66 books of the bible. For many basic details verse by verse, it still is of good value and often will help on word meaning and. On the day of pentecost, as they were all with one accord in one place, what kind of sound from heaven did they hear. The author says the book of acts is the key to understanding the new testament. The holy spirit comes acts 2 pentecost for kids sunday. Acts with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. The book of acts is a record not only of might conversions, but also of fierce opposition to the preaching of the gospel. Here peter was baptizing in the name of jesus, the son of god it does not matter how one gets baptized. While baptism is important as the sign that one has been justified by faith and as the public declaration of ones faith in christ and membership in a local body of believers, it is not the means of remission or forgiveness of sins.
They started trying to find some explanation that might show that their eyes. Acts 2 is the second chapter of the acts of the apostles in the new testament of the christian bible. Acts 2 commentary commentary critical and explanatory on. God took a christianhating murderer and transformed him into historys greatest christian evangelist, the author of almost half the books of the new testament. Our story starts off where the gospel of luke left offjesus is back now that hes resurrected, jesus decides to hang out and chat with his disciples whom luke calls apostles for forty days. Acts 3 indepth versebyverse commentary and bible study of acts chapter 3 in plain english. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. This great chapter in the bible is one of the most studied, most taught, and often times the most wrongly taught. Acts 15 contains what is known as the jerusalem council. Three times tongues are spoken of in the acts, and in each case it was a sign that god, in the person of the holy spirit, had brought the gentiles into the church on the same basis as the jews. But we know that our god will triumph, that every knee will someday bow to jesus christ as lord, to the glory of god the father phil. Thus, lukes purpose in acts is more to provide a bridge. May 02, 2020 the book of acts shows how god essentially took a group of fisherman and commoners and used them to turn the world upside down acts 17.
An understandable version of acts translation by william e. Personal repentance and new life through baptism must lead to a committed group of believers who share their property and wealth, and take care of each other. A chapterbychapter bible study of the book of acts 2 acts the beautiful, amazing, powerful, weak, dysfunctional church table of contents scripture passage page 1. The holy spirit came on this day as the firstfruits of the believers inheritance 2 cor. This kids bible video is the centerpiece of our acts 2 the holy spirit comes. Acts 2 indepth versebyverse commentary and bible study of acts chapter 2 in plain english. Pentecost means fiftieth and refers to the feast of weeks exodus 34. This verse by verse commentary page is part of an ongoing project to add notes to each verse of the bible.
Read all of acts 2 chapter 2 relates the fulfilment of this promise, in answer to the spirit of dependence manifested in their united prayers. Acts, chapter 2 king james version christian answers webbible. Acts 2 background information with maps and images. Acts chapter 2 is the beginning of many great things. Among the jews it was applied to one of their three great feasts which began on the fiftieth day after the passover. Study the bible online using commentary on acts 2 and more. The events of this chapter begin as the 12 apostles 1. In this way peter accounts for the remarkable events before them. Acts 2 new international version niv the holy spirit comes at pentecost. Before we pick back up with acts chapter 2 which we still wont complete today and the dawn of a new age brought about by the arrival of what the father promised the ruach hakodesh, lets summarize what we discussed last time the first words of acts 2 sets the scene. But ye will receive power, the holy spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in jerusalem and in all judaea and samaria and to the end of the earth. Acts 2 the holy spirit is poured out on the church a. Welcome to ivy baptist churchs bible study on demand before beginning this study, please take an opportunity to download the worksheet for this bible study.
Lets reread acts chapter 2 in small portions today and then ill comment on each small, but greatly significant, segment. The title as we know it comes from the second century and only partially discloses the theme of the document. Im not sure exactly which sunday marching into january, but we will do that. The instruments whom the lord first employed in spreading the christian religion, could have made no progress without this gift, which proved that their authority was from god. The tradition from the earliest days of the church has been that luke, a companion of the apostle paul, wrote the books of luke and acts colossians 4. Acts 2 commentary the coming of the spirit bible gateway. What are we to make of the phenomenon of speaking in tongues. The meaning of pentecost is gods equipping his church with the power of his spirit so that he will be glorified among. The apostles in their epistles explain the doctrinal truths that are intended to be normative for gods people today. They speak the mighty works, or better, as in luke 1. To understand what that was all about, lets begin by reading acts 15. Doxologies, benedictions, adoration, in forms that transcended the common level of speech, and rose, like the magnificat.
Acts 2 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. It alone presents an extensive picture of early church life and history. Acts 2 resources multiple sermons and commentaries. Commentary on the book of acts bible study lessons. Jews came to jerusalem from the far reaches of the roman empire to worship god for this oneday event. Acts 2 in the picture study bible, with maps and background information on acts 2 bible history online. Acts doesnt end with chapter 2, so we should be cautious of anyone who develops their doctrine in acts 2 while practically ignoring the next 26 chapters. David guzik commentary on acts 2, where the holy spirit is poured out on the church, and. The fact that the antecedent of any pronoun is found by referring back to the nearest noun or pronoun with which it agrees in number etc. The book of acts is the link between the gospels and the epistles. When the day of pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Joseph a alexander acts commentary 1857, 1866 over pages. Between the promise of the messiah even the latest of those promises and his coming many ages intervened. Acts is a transitional book in the sense that it gives us the record of the way god moved in the minds and hearts of men to found and establish the church and begin its great work in the world today. The acts of the apostles is a unique and therefore crucial book of the new testament. The bible says the gospel is to go to the jew first rom. Acts chapter 2 coffmans commentary of the new testament. Jan 16, 20 welcome to ivy baptist churchs bible study on demand before beginning this study, please take an opportunity to download the worksheet for this bible study. Its subject and intention is nicely summarised by the words of the lord in chapter 1. This work, originally out in 1857, has proved helpful to many, though it is now far out of date as to literature commenting on acts. This would direct the people who observed it whither to go to enquire the meaning of it.
The festival of shavuot arrivedand we read that because of shavuot, which required all male jews to gather at the. Dec 17, 2016 acts 15 contains what is known as the jerusalem council. We will after the first of the year actually begin a verse by verse study of the book of acts. It is not surprising, then, that pentecost would have a symbolic meaning for the church. When the day of pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Fifty days after the resurrection of jesus christ from death and the grave, and ten days after he ascended up into heaven, a great event took place, the equal of which the world has not witnessed since. In acts 2, the author, luke, is going out of his way to show that the prophesies of the old. Also, numbered with the eleven apostles, as it stands at the end of acts 1, requires eleven apostles to be understood as the antecedent of they in acts 2.
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