Acts 2:33-36 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost… The phrase imports — I. THE UNSPEAKABLE FELICITY INTO WHICH CHRIST'S HUMAN NATURE — for it is of Christ incarnate that this is said, and as the reward of His sufferings as a man — HAD NOW ENTERED; for "in Thy presence is fulness of joy," etc. (Psalm 16:11). II. THE GLORIOUS MAJESTY TO WHICH HE HAD REACHED (Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 8:1). III. THE FULNESS OF POWER WITH WHICH HE IS INVESTED who has declared, "All power is given unto Me," etc. (Matthew 28:18). (See Psalm 20:6; Psalm 89:13; Matthew 26:64). IV. THE JUDICIAL THRONE ON WHICH HE SITS (Romans 14:9, 10). (D. Whitby, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. |
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