Acts 2:1-4
Pentecost… And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. (v. 2) I’ve always had this picture of Peter and the eleven coming down the front stairs of a house onto a residential street. But my Study Bible suggested they were probably in the temple precincts; maybe “house” is a loose translation, since verse 1 says “they were all in one place.” Being in the temple area makes a lot of sense – Luke 24:53 said that they were continually in the temple…, and as they leave the “place” they encounter a large crowd of people from many nations. So yeah, the temple area…
So now I have a new visual / conceptual perspective of Pentecost and Peter’s speech!
Slava Bohu!
Yes, rushing wind, tongues of fire, pretty dramatic. Fire for purification, divided to be on each one, as a tongue for speaking in the diverse languages.