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Pentecost, El Greco

Acts 1:12

El Greco, Pentecost, c. 1600 · Museo del Prado · Public domainEl Greco, Pentecost, c. 1600, Museo del Prado

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Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

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  • “Then shall we touch with our lips the wood of the cross, and rise in prayer and resolve upon the Mount of Olives with the ascending Lord.” — editor's note: Acts i. 9, 12.

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  • “I will return to Jerusalem and, passing through Tekoa the home of Amos, I will look upon the glistening cross of Mount Olivet from which the Saviour made His ascension to the Father.” — editor's note: Luke xxiv. 50, 51; Acts i. 9–12.

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