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Originally Posted by jfrog
The only argument I'm seeing for the 120 is that "they must have been there because a few days before Pentecost Luke numbered 120 that witnessed the event of choosing Judas's replacement"
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They were there for more than witnessing the disciple swap. They were there praying.
And it was never just the Apostles:
They all joined together constantly in prayer, a
long with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
Immediately following this story with the 120 present, we get "When Pentecost came they were all together." One would think the believers that were risking their reputation hanging out with Jesus followers would not have had a heart crisis to depart. It was common for them to stay in Jerusalem during Pentecost anyway... Luke telling us who all is present here doesn't seem coincidence. And being "all together in one place" leads us to see this as more than the 12. It'd be all who had been gathering, all who heard Peter preach from the Psalms.
Another instance where they spoke in tongues after receiving the Spirit...
While talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people.
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. 45 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles. 46 For they heard them speaking in tongues[b] and praising God.
I really see the evidence stacked her, and the writing of Luke to strongly suggest we should expect the Day of Pentecost to have the same cast, or a similarly large group of believers.