Acts 2:29 “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath[a] to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, 31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. 33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. 34 For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, 35 until I make your enemies your footstool.”’ 36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” [b]
“This Jesus God raised up” is the whole point of Peter’s speech. Some of the “brothers” needed to be convinced. Some of them had heard of, or seen the supernatural signs Jesus had done but they questioned if those were of God. Some of them may actually have been in the crowd that had chanted “crucify him” and maybe were also part of the ghastly parade that followed Jesus to the cross. Some of them having witnessed the spectacle of Jesus’s death by crucifixion would certainly eliminate any possibility of life for Him. Some of them accepted Peter’s confident statement that what they had witnessed was the exaltation of Jesus “at the right hand of God.” Some had recognized what they’d seen and heard was a new Spirit “from the Father.” Very few of them would have expected to hear Peter’s words that accused them of crucifying Jesus. Would you?
Some of the “brothers” response might have been to discredit Peter’s words because of that accusation. But all of them needed to be reminded they had seen what “God had sworn with an oath” to their revered patriarch, come to pass. God’s choice was no longer a historical record, He had made this death personal…and Peter meant them to feel the sting of those words “whom you crucified.” God had chosen “the one who would build a house for my Name” from David’s descendants to “establish the throne of His kingdom forever.” “This Jesus whom you crucified,” was made “both Lord and Christ” so you could be certain “this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing” is His Son’s Spirit, received from the Father and forever poured out as a witness to you.“And of that we all are witnesses.”
[a] 2 Samuel 7:12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son.
[b] Psalm 110:1
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