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God's Perfect Timing
Commentators highlight that God chose Pentecost for a strategic reason. It was a major Jewish festival that drew the largest number of international pilgrims to Jerusalem. This ensured that the news of the Holy Spirit's coming and the first gospel sermon would be witnessed by a massive, diverse audience, who would then carry the message back to their home nations.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 2:1
18th Century
Theologian
Acts CHAPTER 2
And when the day of Pentecost. The word Pentecost is a Greek word, signifying the fiftieth part of a thing,…
AT Robertson
On Acts 2:1
Was now come (εν τω συνπληρουσθα). Luke's favourite idiom of εν with the articular present infinitive passive and the accusative o…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 2:1
19th Century
Bishop
Of all the feasts of the Jewish year, Pentecost was the one that attracted the largest number of pilgrims from distant lands. The dangers of travel…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Acts 2:1–8
19th Century
Preacher
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a r…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 2:1
Luke describes the miracle of the coming of the Holy Spirit, with its accompanying signs, in four short verses, remarkable for their nuances. The m…
John Calvin
On Acts 2:1
16th Century
Theologian
And when. To be fulfilled is understood here to mean to come. For Luke testifies again to their perseverance when he says that th…
John Gill
On Acts 2:1
17th Century
Pastor
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come
Or "was come", was begun and entered upon; for it was not over, or ende…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 2:1–4
17th Century
Minister
We cannot forget how often, while their Master was with them, there were disputes among the disciples about who would be the greatest; but now all …