Study 03 From The book of Acts Is: Acts 2:1-13
1. What
three signs were given in connection with the coming of the Spirit? See verses
2-4, and 6, 8, 11. They express in symbol what our Lord had already stated in
word (Cf. 1:8), that the coming of the Spirit would lead to power, inspired
utterance and universal testimony. What purposes of God was the Spirit thus
given to fulfill?
2. What
was the reaction of the disciples, the crowd and the mockers to the coming of
the Holy Spirit? What do you think your
reaction would have been?
Notes
1. Pentecost
was the Greek name for the feast called in the Old Testament ‘the feast of
harvest’ (Ex. 23:16), or ‘the feast of the weeks’ (Dt. 16:9, 10). It marked the end of the grain harvest, and
began on the fifteenth day from the day after the Passover Sabbath (Lv. 23:15,
16). The season of the year being
favourable for travelling, Jerusalem was crowded with Jews from all parts (Acts
2:9-11).
