Acts 2:23 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

Acts 2:23

21 And it shall come to pass
That ^awhoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.’

22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you ^aby miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know—

23 Him, ^abeing delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, ^byou have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;

24 ^awhom God raised up, having loosed the² pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

25 For David says concerning Him:
^a‘I foresaw the Lord always before my face,
For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken.

26 Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad;
Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope.

27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see ^acorruption.

28 You have made known to me the ways of life;
You will make me full of joy in Your presence.’

29 “Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you ^aof the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

30 Therefore, being a prophet, ^aand knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body,¹ according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,

31 he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, ^athat His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.

32 ^aThis Jesus God has raised up, ^bof which we are all witnesses.

33 Therefore ^abeing exalted to ^bthe right hand of God, and ^chaving received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He ^dpoured out this which you now see and hear.

34 “For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself:
^a‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Acts 2:23

Him (touton). "This one," resumptive and emphatic object of "did crucify and slay."

Being delivered up (ekdoton). Verbal adjective from ekdidwmi, to give out or over. Old word, but here only in the N.T. Delivered up by Judas, Peter means.

By the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God (th wrismenh boulh kai prognwsh tou qeou). Instrumental case. Note both purpose (boulh) and foreknowledge (prognwsiv) of God and "determined" (wrismenh, perfect passive participle, state of completion). God had willed the death of Jesus (John 3:16) and the death of Judas (Acts 1:16), but that fact did not absolve Judas from his responsibility and guilt (Luke 22:22). He acted as a free moral agent.

By the hand (dia xeirov). Luke is fond of these figures (hand, face, etc.) very much like the Hebrew though the vernacular of all languages uses them.

Lawless men (anomwn). Men without law, who recognize no law for their conduct, like men in high and low stations today who defy the laws of God and man. Old word, very common in the LXX.

Ye did crucify (prosphcantev). First aorist active participle of prosphgnumi, rare compound word in Dio Cassius and here only in the N.T. One must supply tw staurw and so it means "fastened to the cross," a graphic picture like Paul's "nailed to the cross" (proshlwsav tw staurw) in Colossians 2:14.

Did slay (aneilate). Second aorist active indicative with first aorist vowel a instead of o as is common in the Koin‚. This verb anairew, to take up, is often used for kill as in Acts 12:2. Note Peter's boldness now under the power of the Holy Spirit. He charges the people to their faces with the death of Christ.

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 2:23:

Acts 2:16
Acts 3:18
Acts 5:31
Acts 5:33
Acts 7:25
Acts 10:39
Romans 1:4
1 Corinthians 9:21
1 Thessalonians 2:15
1 Peter 1:2

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