Acts

Chapters

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5
6. 6
7. 7
8. 8
9. 9
10. 10
11. 11
12. 12
13. 13
14. 14
15. 15
16. 16
17. 17
18. 18
19. 19
20. 20
21. 21
22. 22
23. 23
24. 24
25. 25
26. 26
27. 27
28. 28

In the maps

• Acts 1:14

  Mary is in the upper room with the apostles, praying with them before the coming of the Spirit. Pitre takes this as the sequel to John 19:27: the disciple took her as his own, and now she stands at the heart of the apostolic community as it becomes the Church. The mother of Jesus is present at the Church's birth as its mother.

• Acts 2:32

  Peter proclaims that the crucified Jesus has been raised and exalted to God's right hand. Pitre completes the Joseph–Jesus parallel: Joseph, cast down and then exalted to Pharaoh's right hand, saved the world with bread; Jesus, crucified and then exalted, feeds the world with the Bread of Life and is at first unrecognised when he reveals himself. Since Jesus is the new Joseph, his mother is the New Rachel.