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Acts 2 — Sermon Preparation
The Holy Spirit descends at Pentecost, Peter preaches and three thousand believe, and the early church community takes shape. Below is a research summary for Acts 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 47
- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 41
- classic sermon excerpts
- 8
- preachers & commentators
Acts 2 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἡμέρα | hēméra | G2250 | 9 | age, alway, day ), for ever |
| ἀνήρ | anḗr | G435 | 6 | fellow, husband, man, sir |
| πνεῦμα | pneûma | G4151 | 6 | ghost, life, spirit, mind |
| γλῶσσα | glōssa | G1100 | 4 | tongue |
| λαλέω | laléō | G2980 | 5 | preach, say, speak, talk |
| ἕκαστος | hékastos | G1538 | 4 | any, both, each, every |
| τέρας | téras | G5059 | 3 | wonder |
How preachers through history handled this text
41 public-domain excerpts on Acts 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“From this gift of the Holy Ghost, Peter preaches unto them Jesus: and here is the history of Christ. Here is an account of his death and sufferings, which they witnessed but a few weeks before. His death is considered as God's act; and of wonderful grace and wisdom. Thus Divine justice must be satisfied, God and man brought together again, and Christ himself glorified, according to an eternal counsel, which could not be altered. And as the people's act; in them it was an act of awful sin and folly. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Acts 2:22–36 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Cyrene— Acts 2:10
- Egypt— Acts 2:10
- Libya— Acts 2:10
- Pamphylia— Acts 2:10
- Phrygia— Acts 2:10
- Rome— Acts 2:10
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