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Acts 2:1

Acts 2:1
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And 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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

When the day of pentecost was fully come - The feast of pentecost was celebrated fifty days after the passover, and has its name πεντηκοστη from πεντηκοντα, fifty, which is compounded of πεντε, five,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 2:1-4

We have here an account of the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the disciples of Christ. Observe,

I. When, and where, this was done, which are particularly noted, for the greater certainty of the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Act 2:1-13. The Holy Ghost given at Pentecost. Effect first produced thereby on the dwellers at Jerusalem

1. the day of Pentecost The second of the three great Jewish feasts, the Passover being the…