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Acts 2:1
1And when the day of Pentecost was now accomplishing, they were all together in one place.
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
And when the day of Pentecost was now accomplishing, they were all together in one place. 2And there came suddenly a sound out of heaven as of a violent impetuous blowing, and filled all the house where they were sitting. 3And there appeared to them parted tongues, as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them.
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Καὶ ἐν τῷ συμπληροῦσθαι τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς πεντηκοστῆς ἦσαν πάντες ὁμοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Acts 2:1
- Acts 20:16for Paul thought it desirable to sail by Ephesus, so that he might not be made to spend time in Asia; for he hastened, if it was possible for him, to be the day of Pentecost at Jerusalem.
- Exodus 23:16and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours which thou hast sown in the field, and the feast of in-gathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field.
- Exodus 34:22— And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the first-fruits of wheat-harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the turn of the year.
- Leviticus 23:15And ye shall count from the morning after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering, seven weeks; they shall be complete;
- Numbers 28:16And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the passover to Jehovah.
- Deuteronomy 16:9Seven weeks shalt thou count: from the beginning of putting the sickle into the corn shalt thou begin to count seven weeks.
- 1 Corinthians 16:8But I remain in Ephesus until Pentecost.
- Acts 2:46And every day, being constantly in the temple with one accord, and breaking bread in [the] house, they received their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
- Acts 1:13And when they were come into [the city], they went up to the upper chamber, where were staying both Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James [son] of Alphaeus, and Simon the zealot, and Jude [the brother] of James.
- Acts 4:24And they, having heard [it], lifted up [their] voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, thou art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;
- Acts 5:12And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders done among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch,
- 2 Chronicles 5:13— it came to pass when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one voice to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with trumpets, and cymbals, and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah: For he is good, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever; that then the house, the house of Jehovah, was filled with a cloud,
- 2 Chronicles 30:12The hand of God was also upon Judah to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of Jehovah.
- Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
- Jeremiah 32:39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all [their] days, for the good of them, and of their children after them.
- Zephaniah 3:9For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.
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
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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
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