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On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place.
Acts 2:1 · New Living Translation
Parallel translations
  • 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.
  • BSB When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together 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.

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Quick answer

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.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 20

  • Rom 15:6that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 2:2make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
  • Acts 1:13–15When they had come in, they went up into the upper room, where they were staying; that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
  • Phil 1:27Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
  • 1 Cor 16:8But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,
  • Acts 4:32The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
  • Zeph 3:9For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on Yahweh’s name, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.
  • Acts 4:24When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, “O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
  • Lev 23:15–21“‘You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be completed:
  • Exod 34:22“You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year’s end.
  • Jer 32:39and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and of their children after them:
  • Deut 16:9–12You shall count for yourselves seven weeks. From the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you shall begin to count seven weeks.
  • Acts 20:16For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
  • Exod 23:16And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
  • Acts 5:12By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
  • 2 Chr 30:12Also the hand of God came on Judah to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by Yahweh’s word.
  • Ps 133:1A Song of Ascents. By David. See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!
  • Num 28:16–31“‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Yahweh’s Passover.
  • 2 Chr 5:13when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, saying, “For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever!” then the house was filled with a cloud, even Yahweh’s house,
  • Acts 2:46Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,

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Christ at the center

Acts is the risen Christ continuing his work by the Spirit through the church, as the apostles preach that there is salvation in no other name under heaven.

How Acts 2:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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