Can anyone tell me the meaning in the passage The Acts of the Apostles Acts 2: 1-4?

Answer 1

The first chapter gives a lot of the meaning, an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The people there were given the ability to speak in other languages to so that they could carry the gospel to all parts of the world. The Holy Spirit came like a mighty rushing wind. WOW, what a feeling that must have been, could you imagine being there and feeling that power from on high. One of the most Powerful moments in History, the day of Pentecost. And remember it wasn't long after this that the romans destroyed Jerusalem and all the Christians scattered thruout the whole world with the Gospel of Truth. And they could speak in all those different tongues. That way any diverse group of people in the world at that time could understand the sweet Gospel of Jesus Christ. What a day in Human History is was. I thank you for that question, I got a serious rush from just thinking about it. God Bless YOU

Answer 2

Jerusalem at this time for Jews was kinda like Mecca is today. If They could make it to Jerusalem they did during this feast.

This feast is called Pentecost today by Christians and is still called Shavuot.

Shavuot is a feast that marked the end of harvesting and celebrated the gifts of foods God Almighty gave.

People from all over the Mediterranean - Egypt, Greece, Syria, even Rome came to celebrate.

Not all of them spoke Hebrew as a first language or even knew it well.

God then gave the gift that each and everyone would understand and be able to talk with one another.

About the grace and redemption of Christ of course.

So many gifts God has gave - the greatest being His son.

What an awesome witness for Christ!

Answer 3

Dear Avery,

After Jesus rose again from the dead, He told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem until the Holy Spirit was poured out. We read in Acts 2:1-5, "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven."

When Jesus was crucified the Bible tells us that there were about 500 believers...."And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep."

The "church age" began when the Holy Spirit came on Pentecost Day. Notice that the Gospel is going out into the whole world--here are the countries that were represented there: "Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God."

This was foretold in Joel 2. The Lord was mightily working. The Gospel of Jesus Christ was going out and souls were being brought into the Kingdom of God ie., people were being bron-again (saved). This is the job of the true believers-to send the Gospel out. God will save whom He has chosen.

For more info see my sources below.

Answer 4

Acts 2:1-47

1 Now while the day of the [festival of] Pentecost was in progress they were all together at the same place, 2 and suddenly there occurred from heaven a noise just like that of a rushing stiff breeze, and it filled the whole house in which they were sitting. 3 And tongues as if of fire became visible to them and were distributed about, and one sat upon each one of them, 4 and they all became filled with holy spirit and started to speak with different tongues, just as the spirit was granting them to make utterance.

The disciples were given the ability to speak in different languages, so as to be able to witness to those visiting Jerusalem about the good news about the Christ.

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Answer 5

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

Day of Pentecost. “Pentecost,” meaning “fifty days,” was a festival observed fifty days after the feast of firstfruits, which was held on a sabbath day. The feast of firstfruits (Leviticus 23:9-14) was actually prophetic of the resurrection of Christ (I Corinthians 15:20), which also had taken place on the first day of the week. Thus Pentecost was held on the first day of the week, and it was on such a day that the Holy Spirit came to indwell the church. Quite possibly this fact played a part in the gradual adoption by the churches of the first day of the week as their regular day of rest and worship (note Acts 20:7; I Corinthians 16:2). The weekly observance of the sabbath was in commemoration of the completion of God’s work of creation (Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:8-11), but God’s great work of redemption was now also completed (John 19:30). Thus, by observing their weekly “sabbath day” (“rest day”) on the first day of the week, they would be honoring the completion of both God’s work of creation and His work of redemption. Pentecost also commemorated the giving of the law at Mount Sinai, which occurred fifty days after the Passover (Exodus 12:6; 19:1,11).



Acts 2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

Tongues like as of fire. These mysterious cloven tongues seem to depict a fiery root, divided into many individual tongues, enough to reach each person in the company. They were not real fire, however, but “like as of fire.” There have been various speculations as to their nature, but since it was a supernatural phenomenon, these seem pointless. In any case, the mighty wind filling the house and the fire-like tongues reaching each of the company are the audible and visible signs that the Holy Spirit had come, baptizing and filling all of them, fulfilling John the Baptist’s prophecy that Christ would baptize them “with the Holy Ghost and with fire” (Luke 3:16)

Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Filled with the Holy Ghost. Although the Spirit’s baptism and filling occurred simultaneously in this initial manifestation of His power, the two are separate ministries. All believers are baptized by the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ once for all at the time of conversion (I Corinthians 12:13). They can, however, be filled with the Spirit on more than one occasion and, in fact, are exhorted to “be [continually being] filled with the Spirit” (literal reading of Ephesians 5:18). Note, for example, the repeated fillings recorded in Acts 4:8,31; 9:17; 13:9.
Acts 2:4

2:4 other tongues. These were “other tongues,” not “unknown tongues” or “ecstatic tongues.” Except when referring to the actual physical organ, the word “tongue” in the New Testament always refers to a language. In this case, the tongues are the actual languages of the different nations listed in Acts 2:9-11, as made obvious in the context.

Answer 6

Guess you had to be there...? It seems rather clear.

Fifty days after Passover, i.e. about a month after the Resurrection and a bit over a week after the Ascension, the disciples of Jesus were cowering in hiding out of fear of the Roman authorities. The Spirit of God--the same Spirit that Christians believe is the Third Person of the Trinity, which hovered above the waters in Genesis--filled the room and brought fire, power, and God's very might to them. Each of them became temples of the Holy Spirit. They immediately lost their fear and wandered out in public, proclaiming all that they had witnessed. Jews from all over the Roman empire were there for the festival, and each of them understood the message despite it being delivered by Gallileans--sort of hillbillies with an uneducated accent. Over 3,000 were converted that one day.

Through discipleship with the Christ (2nd person of the Trinity), they were able to directly do the will of the Father (1st person). Traditionally, the gift of the Holy Spirit is granted with baptism and symbolized by christening with oil. The Holy Spirit's fruit normally are numbered as twelve, and His gifts as seven.

http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/acts/acts2.htm

http://www.usccb.org/bishops/spiritofmission.shtml
"The Fire of the Holy Spirit
As soon as the apostles received the Holy Spirit, they immediately began to proclaim Christ to the crowd (Acts 2:4). Everyone who is baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit has already within them the seed of the apostles’ fiery enthusiasm for proclamation. The Holy Spirit—the Spirit of mission—guides and strengthens our witness to Christ; the same Spirit was the driving force in the life and the mission of Christ himself"

Answer 7

http://www.bcbsr.com/books/acts2a.html

Answer 8

They were doin' some mighty fine LSD?