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The Message Was the Gospel
The miraculous speech was not random noise but coherent praise. Commentators explain that declaring "the mighty works of God" meant proclaiming the story of salvation through Jesus—His incarnation, miracles, death, and resurrection. The first message of the Spirit-filled church was the gospel, expressed as worship.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 2:11
18th Century
Theologian
Cretes. Crete, now called Candia, is an island in the Mediterranean, about 200 miles in length and 50 in breadth, about …
AT Robertson
On Acts 2:11
Cretes and Arabians . These two groups "seem to have been added to the list as an afterthought" (Knowling). Crete is an island to …
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 2:11
19th Century
Bishop
The wonderful works of God.—Better, the great things, or the majesty, of God. The word is the same as in Luke 1:…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Acts 2:1–13
19th Century
Preacher
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a r…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 2:11
Why these fifteen countries and no others are named here and why they are cited in this order are questions without ready solutions. Presumably Luk…
John Gill
On Acts 2:11
17th Century
Pastor
Cretes and Arabians
The former are either the same with the Cretians, (Titus 1:12) the inhabitants of th…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 2:5–13
17th Century
Minister
The difference in languages which arose at Babel has greatly hindered the spread of knowledge and religion. The instruments whom the Lord first emp…