--- title: "Acts 2 - Study King James Bible with the church pulpit commentary" description: "Read Acts 2 with the church pulpit commentary commentary. 1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/the-church-pulpit-commentary/acts/2" --- [ Read](/kjv/acts/2)[ Commentary](/study/acts/2)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/acts/2) Audio 1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. 6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. 7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilæans? 8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judæa, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. 12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? 13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. 14 ¶ But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, and all *ye* that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is *but* the third hour of the day. 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: 21 And it shall come to pass, *that* whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 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: 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. 25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: 26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. 29 Men *and* brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. 30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; 31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. 32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. 34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool. 36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. 37 ¶ 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? 38 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. 39 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. 40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. 41 ¶ Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added *unto them* about three thousand souls. 42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. 44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all *men*, as every man had need. 46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, 47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. [Acts 1](/study/acts/1) [Acts 3](/study/acts/3) ## Commentary To verse 1 *PENTECOST* ‘And when the day of Pentecost was fully come.’ [Acts 2:1](/kjv/acts/2/1) Pentecost is not a splendid bit of past history, the record of a great long-ago event in the history of the Church. It was only the illuminated initial letter of the long and living record of God’s perpetual plan, and of God’s continuous workings in the lives and hearts of men, and in His quickening and informing of the body of Jesus Christ. **I. There is renewed recognition in the world to-day of the well-nigh forgotten truth** of the personality of the Holy Ghost—‘the Holy Ghost, Almighty,’ ‘the Holy Ghost, God,’ ‘the Holy Ghost, Lord,’ ‘co-eternal and co-equal in the Trinity with the Father and the Son.’ We have thought of Him so much under our modern idea of the Comforter, when really He is the Paraclete, ‘the other advocate with the Father,’ that we have come to think of Him as only a minister of what *we call consolation*, the giver of relief in sorrow or of easement in pain; a sort of spiritual sedative; a sort of spiritual anæsthetic to help us endure, by not feeling, the griefs and losses of life. But that is a degradation alike of His personality and of our nature. He *is* the Comforter, but in the true meaning of that word, the strengthener, the giver of life and of power. And till we come, more and more, to turn to Him and pray to Him, and lean on Him and look to Him for refreshment and invigoration, we cannot hope to grow into the fullness of spiritual force and vigour. **II. Facing, each one of us, from day to day the puzzles and problems of life**, doubtful often what to decide and what to do, here is our resort for guidance into all truth, not only, but into all duty as well. There is no little wandering child; there is no struggling man; there is no one anywhere, halting between two opinions, but can find here, in prayer to and independence upon the Holy Spirit of God, guidance to know and grace to do God’s Holy Will, as in that inspired category which defines and describes the manifold gifts of grace, the two gifts that are coupled together, are ‘counsel and ghostly strength.’ Nor do I think that this is a descending climax. By all means let us recall and realise all the mighty and marvellous signs of this first Pentecost, and its instant and immediate results and effects; of conquered cowardice, of utterance, of courageous speech, of other tongues, of this small and feeble body of believers leaping into the growth of the hundred and twenty to the three thousand in a single day. But all these were only means toward the gaining of the great end, of individual lives reached and roused into the forming of character, such as will fit men here to be the faithful followers of the dear and Divine Lord, judging rightly in all things to avoid the evil choices of our blind wills, and ‘evermore to rejoice in His holy comfort’; His grace and strength given to make us and keep us clean and pure and holy in our lives; ‘to support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations,’ that growing like unto Him ‘we may die unto sin and rise again unto righteousness, continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living.’ —Bishop W. C. Doane. **Illustration** ‘It was said by one who had a right to speak from experience, and who has now gone to his rest, “If you make it a rule to say with sincerity the first verse of the Ordination Hymn (in the Prayer Book) every morning without failing, it will, in time, do more for you than any other prayer I know, except the Lord’s Prayer:— “Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dost Thy sevenfold gifts impart. 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