“And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.”
With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, 'Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.' — Peter continues with many words (polloi logoi, many words, further discourse) not recorded; what's preserved is the sermon's core. The warning (diamarturomai, solemnly testify, earnestly warn) and pleading (parakaleō, exhort, encourage, appeal to) show pastoral urgency. The corrupt generation (genea skolios, twisted generation, bent generation) is an allusion to Deuteronomy 32:5 and implies judgment awaits those who refuse the promise.
Church Fathers on Acts 2:40
And with many other words did he testify, and exhort, saying. Acts 2:40 Observe how, throughout, the writer studies brevity, and how free he is from ambition and display. He testified and exhorted, saying. This is the perfection of teaching, comprising something of fear and something of love. Save yourselves from this untoward generation. He says nothing of the future, all is about the present, by which indeed men are chiefly swayed; he shows that the Gospel releases from…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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