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Acts Bible Study 03
Acts 2:1-13 The Holy Spirit Comes At Pentecost.

1. What were the three major Feasts in Israel? Exo.23:14-16 What does ‘Pentecost’ mean?
-The Feast of the unleavened bread
-The Feast of wheats-Pentecost
-The Feast of ingathering

2. How long did the believers devote themselves in prayer when the Holy Spirit came?
-49 + 1=50 The Holy Spirit
-For the Jew, the Law was given
-For Christian, The Holy Spirit was given
-Passover-Pentecost: 50 days
-50 – 3: 47days
-Jesus appeared to his disciples for 40 days
-Disciples prayed for 7 days.

3. How did the believers meet on the day of Pentecost?
-One place
Suddenly what sound did they hear? 2:2
-blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting
How was the whole house like? 2:2
-filled with wind
What did they see? 2:3
-tongues of fire
What did they do when all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit? 2:4
-they began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
What did they say about in different languages? 2:11
-the wonders of God, the great works of God
How long must one study to speak another language fluently?
-more than 10 years
What ability can you have when the Holy Spirit work through you?
-The Holy Spirit speaking through them.
-The Holy Spirit working through them.
-The Holy Spirit revealing through them.
-Pentecostal day is the birthday of church

4. Why did many God-fearing Jews stay in Jerusalem? 2:5
-Second largest festival
Where were they from? 2:5
-all over the world
Who were they? 2:11
-Jews and converted Jews
Why were they amazed when they heard the disciples speak? 2:7,8
-Galileans
What different languages did the disciples speak? 2:8,9,10,11
a. Parthians (present Iran)
b. Medes and Elamites (Present Iran)
c. Mesopotamia(Iraq)
d. Judea and Cappadocia(Turkey)
e. Pontus and Asia(Turkey)
f. Phrygia and Pamphylia
g. Egypt
h. Libya near Cyrene (north Africa)
i. Rome (Italy)
j. Cretans and Arabs (south of Greek)
k. How did the Jews respond to this supernatural phenomenon? 2:12,13
-they were amazed
-some said, “they have had too much wine”

5. Why did God choose the day of Pentecost to send the Holy Spirt?
-we don’t know
-a lot of people
-on Passover
-on Pentecost- (on Sunday)
-on 3rd-Sunday(Domingo)
-H. S-Sunday
-3thousands souls came to God
-first fruit of God

6. What desire of the Holy Spirt do you see when He enabled the disciples to speak in many languages?
-future vision of church
-God may be praised in all languages.

7. Why did God send the Holy Spirit to the disciples?
-you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.
-It is about mission.
-Church will be invincible because the holy spirit is given to church.