by Shannon Popp | Jun 8, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 2:26 “therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope.” Peter goes on quoting the OT, and applying it to all those standing and listening then, and all of us reading it now. The original text is speaking of Jesus, the...
by Shannon Popp | Jun 7, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 2:25 “For David says concerning him, “‘I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;” Peter has just declared that God raised Jesus from the dead! We must remember who Peter is talking to. These are Jewish people who have...
by Shannon Popp | Jun 6, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 2:24 “God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.” This is the central theme to Peter’s message, and the climax of human history. Without the resurrection, Jesus would have been another good man proclaiming...
by Shannon Popp | Jun 5, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 2:23 “this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.” Many of the Jews that are listening thought that Jesus’ death on a cross invalidated Jesus’ claims to be the Messiah....
by Shannon Popp | Jun 4, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 2:22 ““Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know—” Jesus of Nazareth. Peter is making the point right off the bat, that...
