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Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.
Acts 2:33 · World English Bible
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  • KJV Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
  • BSB Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
  • NKJV Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.
  • NASB Therefore, since He has been exalted at the right hand of God, and has received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He has poured out this which you both see and hear.
  • NLT Now he is exalted to the place of highest honor in heaven, at God’s right hand. And the Father, as he had promised, gave him the Holy Spirit to pour out upon us, just as you see and hear today.

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Quick answer

Exalted to God's right hand, Jesus received and poured out the promised Spirit. It explains Pentecost as the work of the ascended Christ.

Overview

Peter ties the day's events to Jesus' exaltation and reception of the Spirit from the Father. The outpouring the crowd sees and hears is proof of Christ's enthronement. The risen, reigning Jesus is the giver of the Holy Spirit to His people.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 30

  • Acts 1:4Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.
  • Acts 5:31God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
  • Acts 2:17‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
  • John 14:26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
  • John 16:7–15Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
  • 1 Pet 3:22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
  • Matt 28:18Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
  • Gal 3:14that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
  • Acts 10:45They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles.
  • John 14:16I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever, —
  • Mark 16:19So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
  • Heb 10:12but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;
  • Eph 1:20–23which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
  • Phil 2:9–11Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
  • Rom 5:5and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
  • 1 Pet 1:21who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
  • Ps 89:24But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
  • Isa 53:12Therefore will I give him a portion with the great, and he will divide the plunder with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was counted with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
  • Heb 1:2–4has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
  • Ps 89:19Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
  • Eph 4:8Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.”
  • John 17:5Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
  • Acts 2:38–39Peter 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.
  • John 7:38–39He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
  • Ps 118:22–23The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
  • Ps 118:16The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”
  • Titus 3:6whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;
  • John 15:26“When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
  • Luke 24:49Behold, I send out the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”
  • Isa 52:13Behold, my servant will deal wisely. He will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high.

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Christ at the center

Acts is the risen Christ continuing his work by the Spirit through the church, as the apostles preach that there is salvation in no other name under heaven.

How Acts 2:33 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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