17彼得讲说那作工、受死、复活并升天的主耶稣以后,就教导并劝勉那些受灵感动的人悔改、受浸并得救(37~41)。三十七至三十八节说,“众人听了,觉得扎心,就对彼得和其余的使徒说,诸位,弟兄们,我们当怎样行?彼得对他们说,你们要悔改,各人要靠耶稣基督的名受浸,叫你们的罪得赦,就必领受所赐的圣灵。”在这里彼得首先吩咐人要悔改。……悔改一辞,原文意,此后想法不同,即心思改变。悔改就是心思改变,懊悔已往,为着将来而转变。在消极方面,在神面前悔改,不仅是为着罪与过犯悔改,也是为着世界及其败坏悔改(这世界及其败坏,霸占并败坏神为祂自己所造的人);且是为着我们已往弃绝神的生活悔改。在积极方面,悔改乃是在每一面、每一事上转向神,为着达成神造人的目的。所以,这是悔改归向神(二十21)(使徒行传生命读经,九一至九三页)。 17After Peter spoke concerning the Lord Jesus in His work, death, resurrection, and ascension, he instructed and exhorted the Spirit-moved ones to repent, to be baptized, and to be saved (vv. 37-41). Acts 2:37 and 38 say, “When they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, What should we do, brothers? And Peter said to them, Repent and each one of you be baptized upon the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Here Peter first told the people to repent…Literally, the Greek word for repent means “to think differently afterward,” that is, to have a change of mind. To repent is to have a change of mind with regret for the past and a turn for the future. On the negative side, to repent before God is not only to repent of sins and wrongdoings but also to repent of the world and its corruption, which usurp and corrupt people whom God created for Himself, and to repent of our God-forsaking life in the past. On the positive side, it is to turn to God in every way and in everything for the fulfillment of His purpose in creating man. Therefore, it is a repentance unto God (20:21). (Life-study of Acts, pp. 81-83)