Acts 2:22

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܓ݁ܰܒ݂ܪܶܐ ܒ݁ܢܰܝ ܐܺܝܣܪܳܝܶܠ ܫܡܰܥܘ ܡܶܠܶܐ ܗܳܠܶܝܢ ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܢܳܨܪܳܝܳܐ ܓ݁ܰܒ݂ܪܳܐ ܕ݁ܡܶܢ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܐܶܬ݂ܚܙܺܝ ܠܘܳܬ݂ܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܒ݁ܚܰܝܠܶܐ ܘܒ݂ܳܐܬ݂ܘܳܬ݂ܳܐ ܘܒ݂ܰܓ݂ܒ݂ܰܪܘܳܬ݂ܳܐ ܐܰܝܠܶܝܢ ܕ݁ܰܐܠܳܗܳܐ ܥܒ݂ܰܕ݂ ܒ݁ܰܝܢܳܬ݂ܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܒ݁ܺܐܝܕ݂ܶܗ ܐܰܝܟ݂ ܕ݁ܰܐܢ݈ܬ݁ܽܘܢ ܝܳܕ݂ܥܺܝܢ ܐܢ݈ܬ݁ܽܘܢ ܀

Bible Verse Review
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men: Acts 3:12, Acts 5:35, Acts 13:16, Acts 21:28, Isaiah 41:14

Jesus: Acts 4:10, Acts 6:14, Acts 22:8, Acts 24:5, Acts 26:9, Matthew 2:23, John 1:45, John 19:19

a man: Acts 10:37, Acts 26:26, Matthew 11:2-6, Luke 7:20-23, Luke 24:18, John 3:2, John 5:36, John 6:14, John 6:27, John 7:31, John 10:37, John 11:47, John 12:17, John 14:10, John 14:11, John 15:24, Hebrews 2:4

which: Acts 14:27, Matthew 9:8, Matthew 12:28, Luke 11:20, John 5:17-20, John 9:33, John 11:40-42, John 14:10, John 14:11

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:3 - multiply Matthew 9:35 - General Matthew 11:5 - blind Matthew 15:30 - great Matthew 21:46 - because Mark 16:6 - Jesus Luke 18:37 - Jesus Luke 24:19 - Concerning John 4:48 - Except John 9:17 - He is John 10:25 - the works John 10:32 - Many John 10:38 - believe the John 16:9 - General Acts 1:1 - of Acts 1:19 - it Acts 2:14 - Ye men Acts 2:36 - that same Acts 3:6 - Jesus Acts 4:30 - and that Acts 5:30 - ye slew Acts 10:38 - God Acts 14:3 - which Acts 15:13 - Men 2 Corinthians 6:4 - in all 2 Corinthians 10:18 - approved 2 Timothy 2:15 - approved Hebrews 2:3 - began James 5:6 - have

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye men of Israel hear these words,.... The Arabic version prefaces this passage with these words, "in those days Peter stood and said unto the people"; as if it was not on the same day, and the following oration was a new one, and not a continued discourse with the former; whereas it was delivered at the same time, and is in connection with what goes before. Only the apostle having finished the vindication of his brethren, and the whole society, and set that matter in a clear light; and being willing to take this opportunity of preaching Christ to the Jews, addresses them under another character in a new form of words, though to the same sense as in Acts 2:14 in order to soften their minds, and raise their attention, and proceeds to describe the person, the subject of his following discourse:

Jesus of Nazareth; first by his name Jesus, which the angel gave him before his birth; and that for this reason, because he is the Saviour of his people from their sins, and which his name signifies; and next by the place, not where he was born, for that was Bethlehem, but where he was educated and brought up, and where he lived the greatest part of his life, Nazareth, a city in Galilee; whence he was so called, generally by way of contempt, and not so much to distinguish him from any of the same name:

a man approved of God; he was truly and really a man, who in his incarnation assumed a true body, and a reasonable soul; but he was not a mere man, and much less a common and ordinary man: he was the famous son of man the Scriptures speak of; the man of God's right hand, the man his fellow, a great, mighty, and wonderful man: "approved by God"; or shown, declared, and demonstrated by him, to be sent by him in human nature, to be the true Messiah and Saviour of the world, who was the chosen of God, loved and honoured by him, whom he sealed, and bore a testimony to; and that not privately, but openly and publicly:

among you; in the face of all the people in Jerusalem, and in the temple, and at the time of public feasts:

by miracles, and wonders, and signs; by dispossessing devils, cleansing lepers, restoring sight to the blind, causing the deaf to hear, the dumb to speak, and the lame to walk, and by raising the dead:

which God did by him in the midst of you; not but that he did the miracles himself, as and the Son of God; but as he was man, God did them, by his human nature, as the instrument: the meaning is, that his miracles were wrought by a divine power, and not by a diabolical influence, by Beelzebub the prince of devils, as the Pharisees blasphemously said of him; and these were done, not in a corner, but in the midst of them:

as ye yourselves also know; for they must be sensible and convicted in their own consciences, not only that these things were done by him, but that they could not be done by him, unless God was with him, or he was from God; and so were testimonies both of the divine approbation of him, and of his deity and Messiahship.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye men of Israel - Descendants of Israel or Jacob, that is, Jews. Peter proceeds now to the third part of his argument, to show that Jesus Christ had been raised up; that the scene which had occurred was in accordance with his promise, was proof of his resurrection, and of his exaltation to be the Messiah; and that, therefore, they should repent for their great sin in having put their own Messiah to death.

A man approved of God - A man who was shown or demonstrated to have the approbation of God, or to have been sent by him.

By miracles, and wonders, and signs - The first of these words properly means the displays of power which Jesus made; the second, the unusual or remarkable events which attended him, as suited to excite wonder or amazement; the third, the sights or proofs that he was from God. Together, they denote the array or series of remarkable works - raising the dead, healing the sick, etc., which showed that Jesus was sent from God. The proof which they furnished that he was from God was this, that He would not confer such power on an impostor, and that therefore Jesus was what he pretended to be.

Which God did, by him - The Lord Jesus himself often traced his power to do these things to his commission from the Father, but he did it in such a way as to show that he was closely united to him, John 5:19, John 5:30. Peter here says that God did these works by Jesus Christ, to show that Jesus was truly sent by him, and that therefore he had the seal and attestation of God. The same thing Jesus himself said, John 5:36, “The work which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.” The great works which God has made in creation, as well as in redemption, he is represented as having done by his Son, Hebrews 1:2, “By whom also he made the worlds,” John 1:3; Colossians 1:15-19.

In the midst of you - In your own land. It is also probable that many of the persons present had been witnesses of his miracles.

As ye yourselves also know - They knew it either by having witnessed them, or by the evidence which everywhere abounded of the truth that he had performed them. The Jews, even in the time of Christ, did not dare to call his miracles in question, John 15:24. While they admitted the miracle, they attempted to trace it to the influence of Beelzebub, Matthew 9:34; Mark 3:22. So decided and numerous were the miracles of Jesus, that Peter here appeals to them as having been known by the Jews themselves to have been performed, and with a confidence that even riley could not deny it. On this he proceeds to rear his argument for the truth of his Messiahship.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 2:22. A man approved of God — αποδεδειγμενον, celebrated, famous. The sense of the verse seems to be this: Jesus of Nazareth, a man sent of God, and celebrated among you by miracles, wonders, and signs; and all these done in such profusion as had never been done by the best of your most accredited prophets. And these signs, &c., were such as demonstrated his Divine mission.