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BUT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD

Passage: Acts 2:14~36

Key verse: 24a

Peter Addresses the Crowd

¹⁴Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. ¹⁵These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning!^(A) ¹⁶No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

¹⁷“‘In the last days, God says,
    I will pour out my Spirit on all people.^(B)
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,^(C)
    your young men will see visions,
    your old men will dream dreams.
¹⁸Even on my servants, both men and women,
    I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
    and they will prophesy.^(D)
¹⁹I will show wonders in the heavens above
    and signs on the earth below,^(E)
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.
²⁰The sun will be turned to darkness
    and the moon to blood^(F)
    before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
²¹And everyone who calls
    on the name of the Lord^(G) will be saved.’^[a]^(H)

²²“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth^(I) was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs,^(J) which God did among you through him,^(K) as you yourselves know. ²³This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge;^(L) and you, with the help of wicked men,^[b] put him to death by nailing him to the cross.^(M) ²⁴But God raised him from the dead,^(N) freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.^(O) ²⁵David said about him:

“‘I saw the Lord always before me.
    Because he is at my right hand,
    I will not be shaken.
²⁶Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
    my body also will rest in hope,
²⁷because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
    you will not let your holy one see decay.^(P)
²⁸You have made known to me the paths of life;
    you will fill me with joy in your presence.’^[c]^(Q)

²⁹“Fellow Israelites,^(R) I can tell you confidently that the patriarch^(S) David died and was buried,^(T) and his tomb is here^(U) to this day. ³⁰But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.^(V) ³¹Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.^(W) ³²God has raised this Jesus to life,^(X) and we are all witnesses^(Y) of it. ³³Exalted^(Z) to the right hand of God,^(AA) he has received from the Father^(AB) the promised Holy Spirit^(AC) and has poured out^(AD) what you now see and hear. ³⁴For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,

“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
³⁵until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.”’^[d]^(AE)

³⁶“Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord^(AF) and Messiah.”^(AG)

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Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32
Acts 2:23 Or of those not having the law (that is, Gentiles)
Acts 2:28 Psalm 16:8-11 (see Septuagint)
Acts 2:35 Psalm 110:1

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1. I will pour out my Spirit on all people (14-21)

Joy so filled the disciples that the people thought they were drunk. Peter used the opportunity to explain the real reason for their behavior, that as had been prophesied, God had poured out his Spirit in the last days. Because of the gospel, sons and daughters could now be filled with vision, old men could dream big, and everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

2. But God raised him from the dead (22-24)

This was all possible because of Jesus. God accredited his Son by miracles, wonders and signs yet the people rejected and crucified him. But God raised him from the dead! Jesus' death and resurrection had a huge impact. It was now impossible for death to keep its hold on him, nor those who believe in him.

3. You will not abandon me to the realm of the dead (25-36)

King David, with prophetic insight, foresaw the resurrection of the Messiah. He understood that God would not abandon him to the realm of the dead. His hope was in God and he knew that Jesus, as his descendant, would one day be both Lord and Messiah. The apostles were the first witnesses to the fact that Jesus was raised to life.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for our risen Jesus. Please pour out your Holy Spirit on us, that we might be witness. .

One Word: God raised Jesus from the dead

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BUT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD

Passage: Acts 2:14~36

Key verse: 24a

Peter Addresses the Crowd

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