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Acts 2:33
New English Translation
Acts 2:33
New English Translation
33 So then, exalted[a] to the right hand[b] of God, and having received[c] the promise of the Holy Spirit[d] from the Father, he has poured out[e] what you both see and hear.
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- Acts 2:33 tn The aorist participle ὑψωθείς (hupsōtheis) could be taken temporally: “So then, after he was exalted…” In the translation the more neutral “exalted” (a shorter form of “having been exalted”) was used to preserve the ambiguity of the original Greek.
- Acts 2:33 sn The expression the right hand of God represents supreme power and authority. Its use here sets up the quotation of Ps 110:1 in v. 34.
- Acts 2:33 tn The aorist participle λαβών (labōn) could be taken temporally: “So then, after he was exalted…and received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit.” In the translation the more neutral “having received” was used to preserve the ambiguity of the original Greek.
- Acts 2:33 tn Here the genitive τοῦ πνεύματος (tou pneumatos) is a genitive of apposition; the promise consists of the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 2:33 sn The use of the verb poured out looks back to 2:17-18, where the same verb occurs twice.
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