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In recent years there have been many new developments in biblical scholarship, some challenging and some affirming scriptural accounts. This authoritative reference work brings together many of the finest scholars of our day to meet the needs of the church well into the twenty-first century. This readable and accessible volume offers sixty-six solid, concise, evangelical commentaries—one on each...

characteristics of the occasion and of the speaker. Luke seems to have followed this pattern in this speech, which arguably preserves features of what Peter said on just such an occasion, and in the other speeches that he records. (For further discussion see I. H. Marshall, Acts [IVP, 1980], pp. 39–42). 15–21 Even though the languages spoken in the Spirit were understood by the crowd, Peter did not regard this as an evangelistic tool, but rather as a sign that needed to be explained (cf. 1 Cor. 14:22–23).
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