Wind and Fire: Acts 2:1-21

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

Pentecost—the Feast of Weeks, fifty days after Passover. Jerusalem packed with pilgrims from across the known world. The disciples gathered, waiting as commanded. One place. One purpose. One expectation.

Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Suddenly. No warning. A sound—not wind itself but like wind. Violent wind—the Greek word suggests a rushing, mighty breath. From heaven—origin unmistakable. Filling the house—every corner, every person surrounded by the roar.