Loading…

The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Volume 10: Luke–Acts (Revised Edition) is unavailable, but you can change that!

Scholarly and accessible, Luke–Acts is a comprehensive and succinct commentary that guides users to the text’s core meaning. With enhanced ease-of-use features, specialized discussion of key words and concepts, and each commentator’s point-of-view on the text’s implications for life, it is a vital resource for every preacher, teacher, and student of the Bible.

1 Luke describes the miracle of the coming of the Holy Spirit, with its accompanying signs, in four short verses remarkable for their nuances. The miracle occurred on the festival known in Second Temple Judaism as Pentecost (Pentēkostē, “fiftieth”), which, according to Leviticus 23:15–16 (cf. Dt 16:9–12; Josephus, Ant. 3.252; Str-B, 2.597–602), was to be celebrated on the “day after the seventh Sabbath”—hence on the fiftieth day after Passover. It was originally the festival of the firstfruits
Page 733
Buy this book at Logos.com