Charles Ellicott Commentary Acts 2:22

"Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know;" — Acts 2:22 (ASV)

Jesus of Nazareth.—We hardly realize, as we read these accounts, the boldness implied in the utterance of that Name. Barely seven weeks had passed since the One who bore it had died the death of a slave and a robber. The speaker himself had denied all knowledge of the One about whom he now spoke.

A man approved of God.—The verb is used in its older English sense, as proved, or pointed out, not as we now use the word, as meeting with the approval of God.

Miracles and wonders and signs.—Better, mighty works... The words are three synonyms, expressing different aspects of the same facts, rather than a classification of phenomena. The leading thought, in the first word, is the power displayed in the act; in the second, the marvel of it as a portent; in the third, its character as a token or note of something beyond itself.