True to his word, Jesus sends the Holy Spirit in power to the church. The sending of the Holy Spirit is the catalyst that stirs the apostles to undertake the mission that Jesus had given them in the previous chapter. Not coincidentally, Jesus pours out the Spirit on the Old Testament feast day of Pentecost. The timing of the Spirit’s outpouring therefore invites us to consider how the events of that Pentecost morning bring Old Testament expectation
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