Acts 2:5 (WEB)
Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.
Catechism · 1
“On several occasions Christ promised this outpouring of the Spirit, a promise which he fulfilled first on Easter Sunday and then more strikingly at Pentecost.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 20:22; Acts 2:1-14.
Fathers and councils · 4
Tertullian
“…and Asia, and Pamphylia, tarriers in Egypt, and inhabiters of the region of Africa which is beyond Cyrene, Romans and sojourners, yes, and in Jerusalem Jews, and all other nations; as, for instance, by this time, the varied races of the Gætulians, and manifold confines of the Moors, all the limits of the Spains, and…” — editor's note: See Acts ii. 9, 10; but comp. ver. 5.
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John Chrysostom
“And Luke shows this when he says in the Acts: “There were dwelling” there “Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene.” ( Acts ii. 5, 9, 10.)” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
““Sit ye still in the city, because I send my promise upon you.”” — editor's note: Acts i. 15; ii. 1–12.
Read the whole comment“But “the Spirit was not yet given;” that is, with that abundance of spiritual grace which enabled those assembled together to speak in every language, and thus announce beforehand in the language of every nation the Church of the future: and so by this spiritual grace it was that nations were gathered into…” — editor's note: Acts ii. 4–6.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 7.
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 7.
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 7.
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 7.
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 7.
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 7.
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 7.
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 7.