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To: cva66snipe
Does this then show you the believers intended to go home?

You show no evidence to the contrary. The text indicates that these jews were from all over. Since Pentecost is one of the three mandatory feasts (see Exodus 34:23-24), it is most likely that they were going to head back to their homes and business since Luke made such an emphasis of WHERE they had come from.

44And all the believers met together constantly and shared everything they had.

LOL, now you have to resort to hyperliteralism. Come on snipe, use a little common sense. Since the focus is upon the startings of Christianity, the focus is upon the main body in Jerusalem, just doesn't pay attention to those who left after pentecost.

If you want to argue about those who spoke greek - remember that greek was the broadest accepted language of the time and Hebrew was very restricted in many aspects at that time.

Skipping redundant straw

I do not know the full reason for the persecution except it is foretold the believers were to be scattered. Staying in Jerusalem after Pentecost was not the instruction given.

What happened snipe? Are you now realizing that the persecution was NOT directed by the Holy Spirit as you claimed? Or perhaps Jesus prophesied that in his instructions in Acts? And note - there was nothing regarding a specific time line - so you are arguing out of silence whether they could have stayed in Jerusalem AFTER pentecost for a period. LOL, just what I posted a lot earlier. Well, good to see you finally coming around to what I was trying to point out.

358 posted on 04/27/2012 12:35:20 PM PDT by Godzilla (3/7/77)
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To: Godzilla

Having fun? What you are saying and what I was saying are STRICTLY difference in how we read it. I believe there were Jews at Jerusalem for The Pentocost from many nations. Now Who left and Who stayed? In my understanding the ones who heard the message and rejected it left. Others which believed it likely far less in number than those who rejected the mesasage and those believers stayed and became part of that community. If the ones who left did not believe no spreading of The Gospel by them.


367 posted on 04/27/2012 1:44:40 PM PDT by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
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