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Originally Posted by Berkeley
No. Most at Pentecost... not most in Israel!!!
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How many Jews do you think were in Israel at that time?
3000 on the day of Pentecost, and then 5000 in Acts chapter 4. And at the end of
Acts 2, it says that the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. Those were *all* Jews. Until Acts chapter 10, the Gentiles were not included in those numbers at all.
The population of Jerusalem was around 60,000 before the 70 AD destruction of the city. (30,000 according to another source, with the population swelling to around 80,000 or more during festivals....that source seems a bit flaky though).