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1 | How many in upper room?? | Bible general Archive 2 | arrow1 | 115105 | ||
I'd like to throw in a question. At pentecost how many were in the upper room, 12 apostles or the 120??........also did the holy spirit fall on just the twelve apostles or on the 120.??? | ||||||
2 | How many in upper room?? | Bible general Archive 2 | Searcher56 | 115120 | ||
Scripture ... Acts 1:13-17, 1:26-2:4, 8-11 ..... The nearest antecedent of "they" (2:1) is the 12 apostles (1:26). But, "they" could be the 120 (1:15). Which ever it is, the Holy Spirit (why do you use lowercase for His name?) FILLED them all (2:4). Also, they mat not have been in the upper room where they were staying (1:13). Since there were more than 12 native languages (2:8-11), I would think it was more than the 12 apostles. |
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3 | How many in upper room?? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 115134 | ||
Searcher56 Does it say the men were speaking in tongues or that the hearers heard them each in his own language? I believe they were heard which doesn't neccessarily insure that each language was spoken. Perhaps this was another example of tongues where the speaker speaks in his native language but the hearer hears in his native language. This might explain how the message of Jesus Christ was spread in many foreign lands. I have heard of missionaries going to foreign nations and preaching and being understood even though neither the speaker or the hearer knew the others language. I think this is one of the finer points that is missed in this passage. |
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4 | How many in upper room?? | Bible general Archive 2 | Searcher56 | 115135 | ||
There could have been more than one speaker of the native language at Pentecost (Acts 2:1ff) ... I think somehow each native language group were is separate places, so there wasn't confusion in what was heard. The speaker was speaking not in his native language, but that of the hearer. | ||||||
5 | How many in upper room?? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 115140 | ||
Searcher56 I could very well be as you say but then many miracles would have happened. Everyone from the same language group would be together, each speaker would be rightly placed with each language group and each was speaking loud enough to be heard over the din of the city but soft enough not to over shadow the other speakers. While all of that is possible in Christ I believe there would have been more information given in Acts. I think rather the disciples were shouting their praise in their native tongue and each man heard in his native language what was being proclaimed as God desired. EdB |
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6 | How many in upper room?? | Bible general Archive 2 | Searcher56 | 115147 | ||
That is possible, too ... Acts 2 doesn't give that detail | ||||||