Acts 2:33

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Peter addresses the gathered crowd at Pentecost, explaining the outpouring of the Spirit they are witnessing.

The words — ὑψωθεὶς (hypsōtheis), "having been exalted," is an aorist passive participle that functions as the grammatical hinge of the sentence: the completed exaltation is the stated cause of what follows.

The thread — The same exaltation-to-right-hand language appears in Acts 5:31, where it is tied to granting repentance and forgiveness; the "promised" Spirit echoes Acts 1:4, and the pouring out fulfills the declaration in Acts 2:17.

Why it lands — The verse makes the Spirit's arrival a direct consequence of Christ's exaltation rather than a separate event, and the closing "what you now see and hear" places the reader inside that causal chain as a witness.

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The Greek words

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Acts 1:4 And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss.
Acts 5:31 God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
Acts 2:17 ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
John 14:26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
John 16:7 But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
1 Peter 3:22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
Mark 16:19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
Acts 10:45 All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.