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Originally Posted by Mr. Smith
Touchy, whatever.
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Awww... come on
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So state your reasons for your opinion rather than your suspicions.
Acts 1:14 says they met continually. We can conclude from this that there wasn't one meeting, there were many.
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How can we conclude that?
During this time, when about 120 believers[d] were together in one place, Peter stood up and addressed them.
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Acts 1:15 says that Peter stood up and spoke on a day there were 120 present. We can conclude from this that 120 people in attendance were exclusive to that day.
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True... and in the same narrative scene as the rest...
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There is clearly a space of time that takes place between 1:26 and 2:1 and chapter division or no chapter division, there is nothing to indicate that those same 120 people were present.
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And
Acts 2 begins with:
On the day of Pentecost[a] all the believers were meeting together in one place.
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In Acts 2, Peter stood up with the eleven, not the 119. There is no evidence vague or otherwise, that indicates that 120 people were present in Acts 2.
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This doesn't mean Peter, and all present stood. It means the Apostles stood. This was their hour, their moment. Peter spoke, but they stood. Peter stood up
with the 11 -- very distinctive here.