We learned in our study of Acts, chapter 2, that the first suggestion of Pentecost, which means “fiftieth” (day), is found in Leviticus 23:15-17. The “two wave loaves” in this Levitical account were typical of the two classes of people in the...
It is reasonable to believe that both Ananias and Sapphira were present in the prayer meeting described in Acts 4:31. If this be true, they were at that time “filled with the Holy Ghost.” It was certainly their privilege to continue in the Spirit. However,...
“And as they (Peter and John) spake unto thepeople, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came unto them, being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead” (Acts 4:1-2). Just as...
“Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that...
The advent of the Holy Spirit was on a Jewish feast day—”Pentecost.” The origin of the day of Pentecost and instructions concerning it may be found in Leviticus 23:15-22—”And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day...
From the resurrection of our Saviour to the day of Pentecost was exactly fifty days. The word “Pentecost” means “fiftieth.” The “day of Pentecost” was a Jewish feast day, which God instituted in the congregation of Israel under the...
