Acts 2:1

Acts 2:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
• New International Version (NIV)When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

Context of Acts 2:1

When the day of Pentecost had arrived, they were all together in one place. 2Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying. 3They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and rested on each one of them.

Acts 2:1 word by word

Καὶ ἐν τῷ συμπληροῦσθαι τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς πεντηκοστῆς ἦσαν πάντες ὁμοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• whenσυμπληρόωsumplēroō · to (ful)fillG4845
• the dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• of Pentecostπεντηκοστήpentēkostē · PentecostG4005
• theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• allἅπαςhapas · allG537
• with one accordὁμοθυμαδόνhomothumadon · unitedG3661
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• one placeἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909

Cross-references for Acts 2:1

• Acts 20:16For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, for the day of Pentecost.
• Exodus 23:16Also observe the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of your produce from what you sow in the field, and observe the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
• Exodus 34:22“Observe the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the agricultural year.
• Leviticus 23:15“You are to count seven complete weeks starting from the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the presentation offering.
• Numbers 28:16“The Passover to the Lord comes in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month.
• Deuteronomy 16:9“You are to count seven weeks, counting the weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.
• 1 Corinthians 16:8But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
• Acts 2:46Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with joyful and sincere hearts,
• Acts 1:13When they arrived, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
• Acts 4:24When they heard this, they raised their voices together to God and said, “Master, you are the one who made the heaven, the earth, and the sea, and everything in them.
• Acts 5:12Many signs and wonders were being done among the people through the hands of the apostles. They were all together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
• 2 Chronicles 5:13The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the Lord with one voice. They raised their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the Lord: For he is good; his faithful love endures forever. The temple, the Lord’s temple, was filled with a cloud.
• 2 Chronicles 30:12Also, the power of God was at work in Judah to unite them to carry out the command of the king and his officials by the word of the Lord.
• Psalms 133:1How delightfully good when brothers live together in harmony!
• Jeremiah 32:39I will give them integrity of heart and action so that they will fear me always, for their good and for the good of their descendants after them.
• Zephaniah 3:9For I will then restore pure speech to the peoples so that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve him with a single purpose.

Commentaries on Acts 2:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1When the day of pentecost was fully come - The feast of pentecost was celebrated fifty days after the passover, and has its name from , fifty, which is compounded of , five, and , the decimal termination. It commenced on the fiftieth day reckoned from the first day of unleavened bread, i.e. on the morrow after the paschal lamb was offered. The law relative to this feast is found in Leviticus 23:15, Leviticus 23:16, in these words: And ye shall count unto…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1And when the day of Pentecost - The word “Pentecost” is a Greek word signifying the 50th part of a thing, or the 50th in order. Among the Jews it was a applied to one of their three great feasts which began on the 50th day after the Passover. This feast was reckoned from the 16th day of the month Abib, or April, or the second day of the Passover. The paschal lamb was slain on the 14th of the month at evening, Leviticus 23:5; on the 15th day of the month…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The descent of the Holy Spirit at the day of Pentecost. (1-4) The apostles speak in divers languages. (5-13) Peter's address to the Jews. (14-36) Three thousand souls converted. (37-41) The piety and affection of the disciples. (42-47) Verses 1-4 We cannot forget how often, while their Master was with them there were strifes among the disciples which should be the greatest; but now all these strifes were at an end. They had prayed more together of late…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Jews observed three traditional annual festivals. Many people traveled to the temple in Jerusalem for these feasts (see Leviticus 23:1–44): The Feast of Unleavened Bread (which includes Passover) The Feast of Weeks (also called Pentecost or the Feast of Harvest) The Feast of Tabernacles On Pentecost, Jewish people gathered in Jerusalem to thank God for the harvest and his blessings. At the same time, the disciples of Jesus gathered together in prayer with…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131-4. when the day of Pentecost was fully come--The fiftieth from the morrow after the first Passover sabbath (Le 23:15, 16). with one accord--the solemnity of the day, perhaps, unconsciously raising their expectations.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 2:1

• Baptism
• Feasts
• Fellowship
• Minister, Christian
• Miracles
• Orator
• Pentecost
• Prophecy
• Readings, Select
• Revivals
• Tongue
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• Approve
• Confound
• Determinate
• Exhort
• Gladness
• Messiah
• Miracle
• Notable
• Pentecost
• Sabbath

Commentaries on Acts 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings