Acts 2 · a question people ask
Peter says, "this Jesus whom you crucified" (2:36). Whom is he speaking to?
To those standing before him that day, and he names them as he speaks: "You men of Judea and all you who dwell at Jerusalem" (2:14), "Men of Israel, hear these words!" (2:22), and "Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly" (2:36). Of Jesus' death he says, "him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed" (2:23), and of God, "whom God raised up" (2:24). When they heard this they "were cut to the heart" and asked what to do, and Peter answered them (2:37-38). These are Peter's words to his hearers on that day. These notes apply them to no one today, and to no people or group.
The verses
“But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.”
““Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, even as you yourselves know, him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed; whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.”
““Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”