fade from view. For Luke, his primary interest rests with the coming of the Spirit and how this fulfills the “promise of the Father” (see Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4; 2:33, 39) at the dawn of the new age and the birth of the church. Without this fulfillment of Spirit baptism there is no power, no witness, no church. The Pentecost narrative has four basic movements: the first describes the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the followers of Jesus (2:1–4); the second records the initial reaction of the crowds