When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
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- WEB Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.
- KJV And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
- NKJV When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
- NASB When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.
- NLT On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place.
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On the day of Pentecost the believers are gathered together with one accord. It sets the stage for the promised outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Overview
Pentecost, a Jewish feast fifty days after Passover, drew many pilgrims to Jerusalem. The believers' unity and togetherness fulfill Jesus' command to wait. This appointed feast becomes the setting for the Spirit's coming and the birth of the church.
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- Rom 15:6so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Phil 2:2then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.
- Acts 1:13–15When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
- Phil 1:27Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
- 1 Cor 16:8But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
- Acts 4:32The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
- Zeph 3:9For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
- Acts 4:24When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
- Lev 23:15–21From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.
- Exod 34:22And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
- Jer 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
- Deut 16:9–12You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.
- Acts 20:16Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
- Exod 23:16You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
- Acts 5:12The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- 2 Chr 30:12Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
- Ps 133:1A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
- Num 28:16–31The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
- 2 Chr 5:13The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
- Acts 2:46With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
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