Excerpt from An Exposition of the Old and New Testament, Vol. 5 of 5: Wherein Each Chapter Is Summed Up in Its Contents; The Sacred Text Inserted at Large, in Distinct Paragraphs; Each Paragraph Reduced to Its Proper Heads; The Sense Given, and Largely Illustrated; With Practical Remarks and Observations 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 that were amazed, and said, What meaneth this but to the Jews in the vulgar language, even to them that mocked, for he begins with the notice of that, (v. And addresses his discourse (v. To the men of Judea and the inhabitants of Jerusalem but we have reason enough to think that the other disciples continued to speak to those who understood them, (and therefore flocked about them, ) in the languages of their respective countries, the wonderful works of God. And it was not by Peter's preaching only, but that of all, or most, of the rest of the hundred and twenty, that three thousand souls were that day converted, and added to the church but Peter's sermon only is recorded, to be an evidence for him that he was thoroughly recovered from his fall, and thoroughly restored to the divine favour he that had sneakingly denied Christ, now as courageously confesses him. Observe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.