“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.”
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place — Pentecost (Shavuot), fifty days after Passover, was the Jewish festival celebrating the giving of the Torah at Sinai; the choice of this festival for the Spirit's outpouring connects Jesus' new covenant to God's ancient covenant-making. The unity (homou, together, in one accord) is both literal and theological: the church is born in unanimity and koinonia. The upper room becomes the Sinai of the New Testament, where God's law is written on hearts.
Church Fathers on Acts 2:1
Do you perceive the type? What is this Pentecost? The time when the sickle was to be put to the harvest, and the ingathering was made. See now the reality, when the time had come to put in the sickle of the word: for here, as the sickle, keen-edged, came the Spirit down. For hear the words of Christ: Lift up your eyes, He said, and look on the fields, for they are white already to harvest. John 4:35 And again, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few. Matthew 9:38…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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