1 The apostles, filled with the Holy Ghost, and speaking divers languages, are admired by some, and derided by others;
14 whom Peter disproves;
37 he baptizes a great number that were converted;
41 who afterwards devoutly and charitably converse together; the apostles working many miracles, and God daily increasing his church.

the day. 20:16 Ex 23:16 34:22 Le 23:15-21 Nu 28:16-31 De 16:9-12 1Co 16:8

they. 46 1:13-15 4:24,32 5:12 2Ch 5:13 30:12 Ps 133:1 Jer 32:39 Zep 3:9 Ro 15:6 Php 1:27 2:2

2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

suddenly. 16:25,26 Isa 65:24 Mal 3:1 Lu 2:13

as. 1Ki 19:11 Ps 18:10 So 4:16 Eze 3:12,13 37:9,10 Joh 3:8

it. 4:31

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

cloven. 4,11 Ge 11:6 Ps 55:9 1Co 12:10 Re 14:6

like. Isa 6:5 Jer 23:29 Mal 3:2,3 Mt 3:11 Lu 24:32 Jas 3:6 Re 11:3

sat. 1:15 Isa 11:2,3 Mt 3:15 Joh 1:32,33

4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

filled. 1:5 4:8,31 6:3,5,8 7:55 9:17 11:24 13:9,52 Lu 1:15,41,67 4:1 Joh 14:26 20:22 Ro 15:13 Eph 3:19 5:18

began. 11 10:46 19:6 Isa 28:11 Mr 16:17 1Co 12:10,28-30 13:1,8 14:5 1Co 14:18,21-23,29

as. Ex 4:11,12 Nu 11:25-29 1Sa 10:10 2Sa 23:2 Isa 59:21 Jer 1:7-9 Jer 6:11 Eze 3:11 Mic 3:8 Mt 10:19 Lu 12:12 21:15 1Co 14:26-32 Eph 6:18 1Pe 1:12 2Pe 1:21

5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

were. 1 8:27 Ex 23:16 Isa 66:18 Zec 8:18 Lu 24:18 Joh 12:20

devout. 8:2 10:2,7 13:50 22:12 Lu 2:25

under. De 2:25 Mt 24:14 Lu 17:24 Col 1:23

6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

was noised abroad. Gr. voice was made. the multitude. 3:11 1Co 16:9 2Co 2:12

confounded. or, troubled in mind. Mt 2:3

7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

amazed. 12 3:10 14:11,12 Mr 1:27 2:12

are. 1:11 Mt 4:18-22 21:11 Joh 7:52

8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

Medes. 2Ki 17:6 Ezr 6:2 Da 8:20

Elamites. Ge 10:22 14:1 Isa 11:11 21:2 Da 8:2

Mesopotamia. 7:2 Ge 24:10 De 23:4 Jud 3:8 1Ch 19:6

Cappadocia. 1Pe 1:1

Pontus. 18:2 1Pe 1:1

Asia. 6:9 16:6 19:10,27,31 20:16,18 2Ti 1:15 Re 1:4,11

10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

Phrygia. 16:6 18:23

Pamphylia. 13:13 14:24 15:38 27:5

Egypt. Ge 12:10 Isa 19:23-25 Jer 9:26 Ho 11:1 Mt 2:15 Re 11:8

Libya. Jer 46:9 Eze 30:5 Da 11:43

Cyrene. 6:9 11:20 13:1 Mr 15:21

strangers. 18:2 23:11 28:15 Ro 1:7,15 2Ti 1:17

Jews. 6:5 13:43 Es 8:17 Zec 8:20,23

11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

Cretes. 27:7,12 Tit 1:5,12

Arabians. 1Ki 10:15 2Ch 17:11 26:7 Isa 13:20 21:13 Jer 3:2 25:24 Ga 1:17 Ga 4:25

wonderful. Ex 15:11 Job 9:10 Ps 26:7 40:5 71:17 77:11 78:4 89:5 96:3 Ps 107:8,15,21 111:4 136:4 Isa 25:1 28:29 Da 4:2,3 1Co 12:10,28 Heb 2:4

12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

What. 10:17 17:20 Lu 15:26 18:36

13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

These. 15 1Sa 1:14 Job 32:19 So 7:9 Isa 25:6 Zec 9:15,17 10:7 Eph 5:18

14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

with. 1:26

lifted. Isa 40:9 52:8 58:1 Ho 8:1

Ye men. 22 5:35 13:16 21:28

hearken. 7:2 De 27:9 Pr 8:32 Isa 51:1,4,7 55:2 Jas 2:5

15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

these. 1Sa 1:15

seeing. Mt 20:3 1Th 5:5-8

16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

the prophet. See on Joe 2:28-32

17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

in. Ge 49:1 Isa 2:2 Da 10:14 Ho 3:5 Mic 4:1 Heb 1:2 Jas 5:3 2Pe 3:3

I will. 10:45 Ps 72:6 Pr 1:23 Isa 32:15,16 44:3 Eze 11:19 36:25-27 Eze 39:29 Zec 12:10 Joh 7:39 Tit 3:4-6

all. Ge 6:12 Ps 65:2 Isa 40:5 49:26 66:23 Zec 2:13 Lu 3:6 Joh 17:2

your sons. 11:28 21:9 1Co 12:10,28 14:26-31

18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

on my servants. 1Co 7:21,22 Ga 3:28 Col 3:11

and they. See on ver. 17

19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

Joe 2:30,31 Zep 1:14-18 Mal 4:1-6

20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:

sun. Isa 13:9,15 24:23 Jer 4:23 Am 8:9 Mt 24:29 27:45 Mr 13:24 Lu 21:25 2Pe 3:7,10 Re 6:12 16:8

great. Isa 2:12-21 34:8 Joe 2:1 3:14 Zep 2:2,3 Mal 4:5 1Co 5:5 1Th 5:2 2Pe 3:10

21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

whosoever. 9:11,15 22:16 Ps 86:5 Joe 2:32 Mt 28:19 Ro 10:12,13 1Co 1:2 Heb 4:16

22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

men. 3:12 5:35 13:16 21:28 Isa 41:14

Jesus. 4:10 6:14 22:8 24:5 26:9 Mt 2:23 Joh 1:45 19:19

a man. 10:37 26:26 Mt 11:2-6 Lu 7:20-23 24:18 Joh 3:2 5:36 6:14,27 Joh 7:31 10:37 11:47 12:17 14:10,11 15:24 Heb 2:4

which. 14:27 Mt 9:8 12:28 Lu 11:20 Joh 5:17-20 9:33 11:40-42 14:10,11

23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

being. 3:18 4:28 13:27 15:18 Ps 76:10 Isa 10:6,7 46:10,11 Da 4:35 Da 9:24-27 Mt 26:24 Lu 22:22,37 24:44-46 Joh 19:24,31-37 Ro 4:17 11:33-36 1Pe 1:20 2:8 Jude 1:4 Re 13:8

ye have. 3:13-15 4:10,11 5:30 7:52 Ge 50:20 Mt 27:20-25

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

God. 32 3:15,26 10:40,41 13:30,34 17:31 Mt 27:63 Lu 24:1-53 Joh 2:19-21 10:18 Ro 4:24 6:4 8:11,34 14:9 1Co 6:14 15:12 2Co 4:14 Ga 1:1 Eph 1:20 Col 2:12 1Th 1:10 Heb 13:20 1Pe 1:21

loosed. Ps 116:3,4,16

because. 1:16 Isa 25:8 26:19 53:10 Ho 13:14 Lu 24:46 Joh 10:35 12:39 Heb 2:14 Re 1:18

25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

David. 29,30 13:32-36

I foresaw. Ps 16:8-11

for. Ps 73:23 109:31 110:5 Isa 41:13 50:7-9 Joh 16:32

I should not. Ps 21:7 30:6 62:2,6

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

my tongue. Ps 16:9 22:22-24 30:11 63:5 71:23

27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

leave. Ps 49:15 86:13 116:3 Lu 16:23 1Co 15:55 Re 1:18 20:13

thine. 3:14 4:27 Ps 89:19 Mr 1:24 Lu 1:35 4:34 1Jo 2:20 Re 3:7

to see. 31 13:27-37 Job 19:25-27 Jon 2:6 Joh 11:39 1Co 15:52

28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

made. Ps 16:11 21:4 25:4 Pr 2:19 8:20 Joh 11:25,26 14:6

make. Ps 4:6,7 17:15 21:6 42:5 Heb 12:2

29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

let me. or, I may. freely. 26:26

the patriarch. 7:8,9 Heb 7:4

David. 13:36 1Ki 2:10

30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

being. 1:16 2Sa 23:2 Mt 27:35 Mr 12:36 Lu 24:44 Heb 3:7 4:7 2Pe 1:21

knowing. 2Sa 7:11-16 1Ch 17:11-15 Ps 89:3,4,19-37 110:1-5 132:11-18 Ro 1:3 2Ti 2:8 Heb 7:1,2,21

with. Heb 6:17

he. Ps 2:6-12 72:1-19 Isa 7:14 9:6,7 Jer 23:5,6 33:14,15 Am 9:11,12 Mic 5:2 Lu 1:31-33,69,70 2:10,11 Joh 18:36,37 Ro 15:12 Re 17:14 19:16

31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

seeing. 1Pe 1:11,12

spake. 27 13:35 Ps 16:10

32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

whereof. 24 1:8,22 3:15 4:33 5:31,32 10:39-41 Lu 24:46-48 Joh 15:27 20:26-31

33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

by. 5:31 Ps 89:19,24 118:16,22,23 Isa 52:13 53:12 Mt 28:18 Mr 16:19 Joh 17:5 Eph 1:20-23 Php 2:9-11 Heb 1:2-4 10:12 1Pe 1:21 3:22

having. 1:4 Lu 24:49 Joh 7:38,39 14:16,26 15:26 16:7-15

he. 17,38,39 10:45 Ro 5:5 Eph 4:8 Tit 3:6

34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

The Lord. Ps 110:1 Mt 22:42-45 Mr 12:36 Lu 20:42,43 1Co 15:25 Eph 1:22 Heb 1:13

35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

thy foes. Ge 3:15 Jos 10:24,25 Ps 2:8-12 18:40-42 21:8-12 72:9 Isa 49:23 Isa 59:18 60:14 63:4-6 Lu 19:27 20:16-18 Ro 16:20 Re 19:19-21 Re 20:1-3,8-15

36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

all. Jer 2:4 9:26 31:31 33:14 Eze 34:30 39:25-29 Zec 13:1 Ro 9:3-6

that same. 22,23 4:11,12 5:30,31 10:36-42 Ps 2:1-8 Mt 28:18-20 Joh 3:35,36 Joh 5:22-29 Ro 14:8-12 2Co 5:10 2Th 1:7-10

37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

they. 5:33 7:54 Eze 7:16 Zec 12:10 Lu 3:10 Joh 8:9 16:8-11 Ro 7:9 1Co 14:24,25 Heb 4:12,13

Men. See on ch. 1:16

what. 9:5,6 16:29-31 22:10 24:25,26

38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Repent. 3:19 17:30 20:21 26:20 Mt 3:2,8,9 4:17 21:28-32 Lu 15:1-32 Lu 24:47

be. 8:36-38 16:15,31-34 22:16 Tit 3:5 1Pe 3:21

in. 8:12,16 10:48 19:4,5 Mt 28:19 Ro 6:3 1Co 1:13-17

and ye. 16-18 8:15-17 10:44,45 Isa 32:15 44:3,4 59:21 Eze 36:25-27 39:29 Joe 2:28,29 Zec 12:10

39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.

the promise. 3:25,26 Ge 17:7,8 Ps 115:14,15 Jer 32:39,40 Eze 37:25 Joe 2:28 Ro 11:16,17 1Co 7:14

and to all. 10:45 11:15-18 14:27 15:3,8,14 Isa 59:19 Eph 2:13-22 3:5-8

as many. Joe 2:32 Ro 8:30 9:24 11:29 Eph 1:18 4:4 2Th 1:11 2:13,14 2Ti 1:9 Heb 3:1 9:15 1Pe 5:10 2Pe 1:3,10 Re 17:14 19:9

40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

with. 15:32 20:2,9,11 28:23 Joh 21:25

did. 10:42 20:21,24 Ga 5:3 Eph 4:17 1Th 2:11 1Pe 5:12

Save. Nu 16:28-34 Pr 9:6 Lu 21:36 2Co 5:20 6:17 1Ti 4:16 Heb 3:12,13 Jas 4:8-10 Re 3:17-19 18:4,5

untoward. Mt 3:7-10 12:34 16:4 17:17 23:33 Mr 8:38

41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

gladly. 37 8:6-8 13:48 16:31-34 Mt 13:44-46 Ga 4:14,15 1Th 1:6

were baptized. See on ver. 38

added. 47 1:15 4:4 Ps 72:16,17 110:3 Lu 5:5-7 Joh 14:12

42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

they. 46 11:23 14:22 Mr 4:16,17 Joh 8:31,32 1Co 11:2 Ga 1:6 Eph 2:20 Col 1:23 2Ti 3:14 Heb 10:39 2Pe 3:1,2,17,18 1Jo 2:19

fellowship. 4:23 5:12-14 1Jo 1:3,7

in breaking. 20:7,11 1Co 10:16,17,21 11:20-26

and in prayers. 1:14 4:31 6:4 Ro 12:12 Eph 6:18 Col 4:2 Heb 10:25 Jude 1:20

43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

fear. 5:11,13 Es 8:17 Jer 33:9 Ho 3:5 Lu 7:16 8:37

many. 3:6-9 4:33 5:12,15,16 9:34,40 Mr 16:17 Joh 14:12

44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

had. 4:32 5:4 6:1-3 2Co 8:9,14,15 9:6-15 1Jo 3:16-18

45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

sold. 4:34-37 5:1,2 11:29 Lu 12:33,34 16:9 18:22 19:8

parted. Ps 112:9 Pr 11:24,25 19:17 Ec 11:1,2 Isa 58:7-12 2Co 9:1,9 1Ti 6:18,19 Jas 2:14-16 5:1-5 1Jo 3:17

46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

daily. 1:14 3:1 5:42 Lu 24:53

breaking. 42 20:7

from house to house. or, at home. 1:13 1Co 11:20-22

did. 16:34 De 12:7,12 16:11 Ne 8:10 Ec 9:7 Lu 11:41 1Co 10:30,31

singleness. Ps 86:11 Mt 6:22 Ro 12:8 2Co 1:12 11:3 Eph 6:5 Col 3:22

47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

having. 4:21,33 Lu 2:52 19:48 Ro 14:18

the Lord. 39 5:14 11:24 13:48 Ro 8:30 9:27 11:5-7 Tit 3:4,5