Charles Spurgeon Commentary Acts 2:37

"Now when they heard [this,] they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?" — Acts 2:37 (ASV)

Now when they heard this, they were picked in their heart, –

The pointed truth had gone home to their heart, and they were wounded by it.

And said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

These may have been the same people who mockingly said, These men are full of new wine. They began badly, but they ended well. I hope none of you have come here to mock; but if you had done so, and then went out pricked in your heart by the truth you had heard, it would be better than coming in an attentive frame of mind, and then going out unimpressed as so many do. God forbid!

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart,

There is a great distinction between being cut to the heart and being pricked in the heart. Those who were cut to the heart stoned the preacher; but those who are pricked in the heart yield a sweet obedience to the will of God: They were pricked in their heart,