Acts 2:39

Acts 2:39

37 Now when they heard this, ^athey were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”

38 Then Peter said to them, ^a“Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the¹ remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

39 For the promise is to you and ^ato your children, and ^bto all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

A Vital Church Grows

40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this¹ perverse generation.”

41 Then those who¹ gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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The promise (h epaggelia). The promise made by Jesus (Acts 1:4) and foretold by Joel (verse Acts 2:18).

To you (umin). You Jews. To your descendants, sons and daughters of verse Acts 2:17.

To all that are afar off (pasin toiv eiv makran. The horizon widens and includes the Gentiles. Those "afar off" from the Jews were the heathen (Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 57:19; Ephesians 2:13, Ephesians 2:17). The rabbis so used it.

Shall call (an proskaleshtai). First aorist middle subjunctive with an in an indefinite relative clause, a perfectly regular construction. The Lord God calls men of every nation anywhere whether Jews or Gentiles. It may be doubted how clearly Peter grasped the significance of these words for he will have trouble over this very matter on the housetop in Joppa and in Caesarea, but he will see before long the full sweep of the great truth that he here proclaims under the impulse of the Holy Spirit. It was a great moment that Peter here reaches.

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