Acts 2:15 (WEB)
For these aren’t drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of the day.
Fathers and councils · 7
Cyril of Jerusalem
“But Peter who had the Holy Ghost, and who knew what he possessed, says, “Men of Israel, ye who preach Joel, but know not the things which are written, these men are not drunken as ye suppose.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 15.
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Augustine of Hippo
“As I could, I have spoken; and as far as I can I see; and how far I see, I cannot speak.” — editor's note: [To spiritualize inebriation seems a difficult task; but as in heraldry we introduce the boar and the serpent for other qualities than their filth and their…
Read the whole comment““In evening, in morning, at noon-day I will recount and will tell forth, and He shall hearken to my voice” (ver. 18).” — editor's note: [Acts ii. 15, iii. 1, x. 3, x. 9. The Apostles observed the “hours of prayer;” and they survive, theoretically, in the liturgies of Christendom. A.N.F. vol.…
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Jerome
“…prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: and on my servants, and on my handmaidens I will pour out…of my spirit.”” — editor's note: Acts ii. 14–18.
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Tertullian
“…hour is demonstrated as an hour of prayer, about which hour it was that they who had received the initiatory gift of the Holy Spirit were held for drunkards; and the sixth, at which Peter went up on the roof; and the ninth, at which they entered the temple: why should we not understand that, with absolutely perfect…” — editor's note: Acts ii. 1–4, 13, 15.
Read the whole comment“The first infusion of the Holy Spirit into the congregated disciples took place at “the third hour.”” — editor's note: Acts ii. 1–4, 14, 15.
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John Cassian
“And indeed upon my servants and my handmaids in those days I will pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.”” — editor's note: Acts ii. 14–18.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 25.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 25.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 25.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 25.