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Acts 2 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Alexander MacLaren 11 Calvin 9 Matthew Henry 7 Spurgeon 7 Chrysostom 4 John Flavel 1 Abraham Kuyper 1 +1 more

“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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