2:1–13 Having accomplished the administrative task of replacing Judas with Matthias, the apostles were ready to begin their mission as Jesus’ witnesses. Acts 2 stands at the beginning of a cycle of stories (2:1–4:31) that depicts events in the life of the early church during that first Christian Pentecost. The coming of the Holy Spirit as a fulfillment of Jesus’ promise (1:5) is perhaps the most