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The biblical narrative of Pentecost is given in the second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles.Present were about one hundred and twenty followers of Christ (), including the Twelve Apostles (i.e. the eleven disciples and Matthias, who had replaced Judas Iscariot), [7] Jesus' mother Mary, various other women disciples and Jesus' brothers ().
The moment we read about in Acts Chapter 2 almost reads like a biblical Wizard of Oz moment. Fierce wind, flames of fire and speaking in tongues, oh my. Fierce wind, flames of fire and speaking in ...
Pentecost by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld This 1472 map of Jerusalem notes the place of the Pentecost, Ubi apostoli acceperunt spiritum sanctum, at the location of the Cenacle. The events of Acts Chapter 2 are set against the backdrop of the celebration of Pentecost in Jerusalem.
The name "Acts of the Apostles" was first used by Irenaeus in the late 2nd century. It is not known whether this was an existing name for the book or one invented by Irenaeus; it does seem clear that it was not given by the author, as the word práxeis (deeds, acts) only appears once in the text (Acts 19:18) and there it refers not to the apostles but to deeds confessed by their followers.
Wedderburn acknowledges the possibility of a ‘mass ecstatic experience’, [54] and notes it is difficult to explain why early Christians later adopted this Jewish festival if there had not been an original Pentecost event as described in Acts. [55] He also holds the description of the early community in Acts 2 to be reliable. [56] [57]
The Book of Acts chapter 2 records that the start of the Christian Church began on a biblical feast day: "And when the day of Pentecost has fully come, they were all with one accord in one place."
Peter's vision of a sheet with animals, the vision painted by Domenico Fetti (1619) Illustration from Treasures of the Bible by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1894. According to the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 10, Saint Peter had a vision of a vessel (Greek: σκεῦος, skeuos; "a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners") full of animals being ...
The Council of Jerusalem or Apostolic Council is a council described in chapter 15 of the Acts of the Apostles, held in Jerusalem c. AD 48–50.. The council decided that Gentiles who converted to Christianity were not obligated to keep most of the rules prescribed to the Jews by the Mosaic Law, such as Jewish dietary laws and other specific rituals, including the rules concerning circumcision ...