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Acts 2:28

Acts 2:28
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life,.... That is, thou hast raised me from the dead. When God raised Christ from the dead, he showed him, or made him to know experimentally the way of life, or…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Thou hast made known ... - The Hebrew is, “Thou wilt make known to me,” etc. In relation to the Messiah, it means, Thou wilt restore me to life. The ways of life - This properly means the path to…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life - That is, the way from the region of death, or state of the dead and separate spirits; so that I shall resume the same body, and live the same kind of…

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

thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance Thus the LXX. paraphrases the Hebrew, which gives "in thy presence is fulness of joy."