Acts 2:40

Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation”;

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In The King James Version

And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

In Context

39for the promise is to you and to your children, and to all those far off, as many as the LORD our God will call.”

41then those, indeed, who gladly received his word were immersed, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

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Cross References

Numbers 16:28And Moses says, “By this you know that YHWH has sent me to do all these works, that [they are] not from my own heart;

Proverbs 9:6Forsake the simple and live, || And be blessed in the way of understanding.”

Matthew 12:34Brood of vipers! How are you able to speak good things—being evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 17:17And Jesus answering said, “O generation, unsteadfast and perverse, until when will I be with you? Until when will I bear you? Bring him to Me here”;

Mark 8:38For whoever may be ashamed of Me, and of My words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He may come in the glory of His Father with the holy messengers.”

John 21:25And there are also many other things—as many as Jesus did—which, if they may be written one by one, I think the world itself does not even have place for the scrolls written. Amen.

Matthew Henry on Acts 2:38-42

Peter's Sermon at Jerusalem. 37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 40 And with many other words did… Read the whole commentary →

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