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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Nobody but a Baptist minister could have preached that sermon, at least, we shall have to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then Peter said unto them,.... Being the mouth of the apostles, and being ready to give advice, and speak a word of comfort to their distressed minds: repent: change your minds, entertain other thoughts, and a different opinion of Jesus of Nazareth, than you have done; consider him, and believe in him, as the true Messiah and Saviour of the world;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Peter said unto them, Repent,¾ Change your mind entirely, be sorry for what you have done, repudiate what you have done by a holy repentance of it: ‘Repent,’ — Act_2:38. And be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, Peter urged them to repent, and bade them confess their faith by being baptized in...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 39 For the promise is unto you,.... Either of the Messiah, and salvation by him, which was particularly given forth to the people of the Jews; or of the remission of sins, which was a branch of the covenant made with the house of Israel, in a spiritual sense, even the whole household of God; or of the pouring forth of the Spirit: and this...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. What promise did Peter mean? Why that promise in the 21st verse, “Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” That promise is also given to you, my hearers, and to your children, and to all that are afar...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. This is a most blessed verse. The promise is to us, and to our descendants; not merely to our children, but also to our grandchildren, ay, and to our race as far as it yet may run; and the next clause, “and to all that are...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And with many other words did he testify and exhort,.... For Luke does not give the sermons of the apostles at length, but a compendium, or specimen of them, and some of the more remarkable things in them; and which, it seems, lay partly in testifying concerning Christ, his person, office, grace, righteousness, and salvation; and against sins and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. Peter first bore witness to the truth, and then pleaded with his hearers to receive his testimony. All true ministers will both “testify and exhort.” Some are always exhorting; they cry, “Believe, believe,” but they do not tell their hearers...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And with many other works did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. Not, “save yourselves from hell;” that Christ alone can do for you, but “save yourselves from this generation” by coming boldly out from among the ungodly, taking upon you the distinctive mark of the Christian, and so separating yourselves...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then they that gladly received his word,.... The Syriac version adds, "and believed"; what Peter said concerning repentance and baptism, and especially concerning remission of sins, and the gift of the Holy Ghost; and concerning the promise of Christ, and salvation by him, of the pardon of sin, and of the Holy Spirit; which doctrine they received...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. They not only believed what he said, but they were glad to believe it; acknowledging that they had greatly sinned, they rejoiced that there was a promise which covered even their sin: “Whosoever shall call on the name of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. And they continued steadfastly in the apostle’s doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine,.... And which is the same with the doctrine of Christ, of which he is the author, preacher, and subject; the substance of which is peace, pardon, righteousness, and salvation by him: this the apostles received from Christ, and constantly taught in their ministry; for which reason, it is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. They believed the doctrine that was taught by the apostles, and they had fellowship with them and with all other Christians with whom they were associated. They did not try to go to heaven by some underground railway without confessing...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 43 And fear came upon every soul,.... Upon every inhabitant of Jerusalem, at least upon a great many of them; and upon all, or the greater part of them that saw, and heard these things; that heard the apostles speak with divers tongues, and Peter preach in the awful manner he did, and saw so many thousands at once embrace the Gospel of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And all that believed were together,.... Not in one place, for no one house could hold them all, their number was now so large; but they "agreed together", as the Arabic version renders it: all these believers were of one mind and judgment, as to doctrines, they agreed in their sentiments and principles of religion; and they were of one heart and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And sold their possessions and goods..... Their houses and lands, their fields and vineyards, their goods, moveable or immoveable: and parted them to all men; that were of their society, not to others: as every man had need: the rich sold their estates, and divided them among the poor, or gave them such a portion thereof as their present...