7. READ: ACTS 2:1-47
h. What did Peter plead with them to do?
Answer: Peter pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation," (verse 40).
Deuteronomy 32:4-6: "He is the Rock, His works are perfect, and all His ways are just. A faithful God Who does no wrong, upright and just is He. They have acted corruptly toward Him; to their shame they are no longer His children, but a warped and crooked generation. Is this the way you repay the Lord, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, your Creator, Who made you and formed you?"
Philippinas 2:14-16: "Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the Word of life--in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing."
From The Acts of the Apostles From Jerusalem to Rome by Wayne Jackson:
With an urgent "invitation," Peter exhorted (the imperfect tense denotes repetitive action [continually exhorted]): "Save yourselves from this crooked generation." The verb [save] is an imperative mood (command), passive voice, literally, "let yourselves be saved." The command mood shows that a human response is essential; the passive voice reveals that it is God Who must do the ultimate saving. One is saved from the destiny of a crooked (perverse) generation.