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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
• New Living Translation (NLT)On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place.

Context of Acts 2:1

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them 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, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
• Exodus 23:16You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor.
• Exodus 34:22You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year's end.
• Leviticus 23:15"You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering.
• Numbers 28:16"On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord's Passover,
• Deuteronomy 16:9"You shall count seven weeks. Begin to count the seven 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 2:46And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,
• Acts 1:13And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James.
• Acts 4:24And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, "Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,
• Acts 5:12Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico.
• 2 Chronicles 5:13and it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the Lord), and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the Lord, "For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever," the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,
• 2 Chronicles 30:12The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the Lord.
• Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
• Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them.
• Zephaniah 3:9"For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the Lord and serve him with one accord.

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