Expository Outlines Acts 2:22-36 You men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs… These words contain — I. AN IMPORTANT APPEAL. It was addressed to the Jews, and its subject is the promised Messiah. 1. The name by which He is designated. "Jesus of Nazareth." 2. The character under which He is set forth. "A Man approved of God." 3. The conclusive manner in which His claims were established. "By miracles and wonders and signs." II. A SOLEMN CHARGE. "Him being delivered," etc. 1. The unparalleled crime of which they were guilty. 2. It was no extenuation of their conduct that what they had done accomplished the Divine purposes. III. A BLESSED ANNOUNCEMENT. It referred to the resurrection of Christ. 1. To whom this great event is here ascribed. "Whom God hath raised up." 2. The manner in which it was performed. "Having loosed the pains (or bonds) of death." 3. The necessity of its accomplishment. "Not possible that He should be holden of it." IV. A STRIKING QUOTATION. "For David speaketh concerning Him," etc. 1. The feelings evinced. Those of confidence and joy. 2. The grounds on which they rested. Because Jesus died and rose again. (Expository Outlines.) Parallel Verses KJV: Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: |
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