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Acts 2:26

Acts 2:26
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Therefore did my heart rejoice,.... Because that he had always the truth, faithfulness, and power of God in his view, and the presence and protection of God with him; and which are sufficient to make…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Therefore - Peter ascribes these expressions to the Messiah. The reason why he would exult or rejoice was, that he would be preserved amidst the sorrows that were coming on him, and could look forward…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And my tongue was glad - In the Hebrew it is ויגל כבודי vaiyagel kebodi, "And my glory was glad:" but the evangelist follows the Septuagint, in reading και ηγαλλιασατο ἡ γλωσσα μου, what all the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 2:14-36

We have here the first-fruits of the Spirit in the sermon which Peter preached immediately, directed, not to those of other nations in a strange language (we are not told what answer he gave to those…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

my tongue was glad The Heb. has my glory. Cp. Psa 108:1, where the A. V. has, according to the Hebrew, "I will give praise even with my glory," while the Prayer-book Version renders "with the best…

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