THE HOPE OF ISRAEL - The Preterist Archive

The Hope of Israel: What Is It? 129
Acts 2:1. "And when the day of Pentecost was
fully come, they were all with one accord in one place."
Acts 2 :46. "And they, continuing daily with one accord
in the Temple."
These passages reiterate that the disciples continued,
during all the period in question, in one place; and the
first and last passages quoted state that the place was
the Temple.
From the last passage it plainly appears that, after
Pentecost, they still made it a practice to meet "daily
in the Temple", the wording being such as to show
that this was not a new custom from that date, but
was the "continuing" of what had been their custom
since the Lord's ascension into heaven.
THE SERVICE OF THE FEAST OF PENTECOST
Additional light upon our subject is afforded by
Acts 2:1, when heed is given to the literal meaning of
that verse. As rendered in our Authorized Version it
reads "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come."
The word translated by the three English words "was
fully come" (which rendering manifestly does not give
the true sense, since a day cannot be more "fully come"
after it has actually come) ,
means literally "was being
accomplished" In Bagster interlinear translation the
reading is : "And during the accomplishing of the day
of Pentecost, they were all with one accord in the same
place."
What is seemingly implied is that they were, as we
should expect, in the Temple, for the purpose of taking
part in the appointed services of the great feast
day. During an intermission in those ceremonies they
would naturally be "sitting" together in their customary
meeting-place within the temple area. What