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Commentaries on Acts 2:38

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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; look upon him, not any more as an impostor, and a...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

Between the promise of the Messiah (even the latest of those promises) and his coming many ages intervened; but between the promise of the Spirit and his coming there were but a few days; and during those days the apostles, though they had received orders to preach the gospel to every creature, and to begin at Jerusalem, yet lay perfectly wind-bound, incognito—concealed, and not offering to...

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 sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 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. And with many...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

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? 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. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar...

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 God’s appointed way. Act_2:38. And ye shall receive...

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 wait a long while before we hear any other saying...