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Acts 2:1

Acts 2:1

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Was now come for was fully come, A.V.; all together for with one accord, A.V. and T.R. When the day of Pentecost was now come; literally, when the day of Pentecost—i.e., of the fiftieth day—was in the course of being completed.

The fiftieth day (reckoned from the end of the 16th of Nisan, on which Jesus was crucified) was actually come, but was not ended (comp. ). All together; ὁμοῦ for ὁμοθυμαδόν: but ὁμοθυμαδόν—a favorite word in the Acts (, note)—seems preferable to ὁμοῦ, which occurs only in St.

John. In one place (see , note). The purpose, doubtless, of their coming together was for prayer, as in ; and the third hour (9 a.m., ), the hour of offering the morning sacrifice, was close at hand (comp.

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