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Peter in Jerusalem, the day of the Pentecost :

In this time of great confusion, it is important to make the doctrine of God appear in preaching.

At the Pentecost Peter did not need to seek to teach his audience about the question of God, for all the hearers knew who the Lord was. His audience consisted mainly of pious Jews who came especially to Jerusalem to celebrate the feast of Pentecost, a feast commemorating the gift of the Torah to the Hebrew people. Peter sowed on a land that had already been plowed by law.

But although he addressed a crowd versed in the holy scriptures, he did not hesitate to reproach him with the violation of the law by being guilty of the execution of Jesus (Acts 2:23). This accusation greatly touched the hearts of the hearers (Acts 2:36).

1 - Peter addresses believers

2 - He bases his intervention on a prophecy of Joel

3 - He preaches Jesus, the Messiah

4 - He implicitly proclaims the law by accusing the Jewish people of having delivered Jesus to death (transgression 6th commandment)

5 - He also proclaims the resurrection

6 - He then cites a Messianic prophecy (Acts 2: 25-28)

7 - He exalts the Messiah

8 - This proclamation shakes the listeners

9 - He now preaches repentance

10 - Peter multiplies the exhortations

Jeremy Sourdril