Acts 2:32-33
What is written? (ESV)
This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.
What does it say?
We [apostles] are all witnesses to the fact that God raised Jesus up. He has been glorifed to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured it out [on us] and it’s what you are seeing and hearing.
What is its immediate context?
Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost after he witnessed Jesus ascending into heaven. The apostles had been baptized in the Holy Spirit, able to speak in foreign tongues and having what appeared to be “tongues of fire” resting on them (vss 3-4).
How Acts 2:32-33 is applied across Bible answers
Top 10: Passages that must be reconciled before concluding that the Holy Spirit indwells representatively through the Word?
The Son (the "Word"1) received the Spirit.
When did Jesus establish His kingdom?
Peter confirms Jesus' installation as king at the right hand of God - proclaimed on the day of Pentecost, first century.
Where is Jesus today?
Jesus has been glorified "at the right hand of God".
