Acts 2:22. 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:
Note that Peter does not begin with the Deity of Christ. He will get to that soon; but, like a wise speaker, he commences with points upon which they were all agreed, or which they could not deny. He therefore calls Christ "a man approved of God," and he reminds them of the "miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him" in their midst. They knew that God had thus attested his mission, so he appealed to them for confirmation: "As ye yourselves also know."
Acts 2:22. 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:
Note that Peter does not begin with the Deity of Christ. He will get to that soon; but, like a wise speaker, he commences with points upon which they were all agreed, or which they could not deny. He therefore calls Christ "a man approved of God," and he reminds them of the "miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him" in their midst. They knew that God had thus attested his mission, so he appealed to them for confirmation: "As ye yourselves also know."