The Glorious Disturbance - Understanding And Receiving The Baptism Of The Holy Spirit

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See also "The Temple Porches," in Edersheim, Temple, 20-22.He comments: 'These 'porches,' or cloisters, were among the finest architectural features of the 'Temple. They ran all round the inside of its wall, and bounded the outer enclosure of the Court of the Gentiles.They consisted of double rows of Corinthian pillars, all monoliths, wholly cut out of one block of marble, each pillar being 37 1/2 feet high.A flat roof, richly ornamented, rested against the wall, in which also the outer row of pillars was inserted," 20. 10. G.Campbell Morgan, The Acts ofthe Apostles (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1924), 25-26. 11. F. F. Bruce, "The Book of Acts Revised," in Jhe New International Commentary on the New Testament(Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988), 49.Note the following references: Exodus 23:16; 34:22; Leviticus 23:15-21; Numbers 28:26-31; Deuteronomy 16:9-12; Philo, Spec. Leg. 2.176-88; Josephus, Ant. 3:252ff. I2.W.�gner, Acts, 66. 13.Edersheim, Temple, 206. I4. James I:25; Romans 8:2; 2 Corinthians 3:3. 15.Swete, Holy Spirit, 69. 16. James D.G. Dunn, The Acts ofthe Apostles (Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, 1996), 23. 17."Such upper rooms were quite common. Sometimes they were merely booths that were erected on the flat roof of a building. ...Sometimes they were roomy and even ornate like the one with its riled floor that is mentioned in Luke 22:12 ... a place that was free from interruption and disturbance." R. C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation ofthe Acts ofthe Apostles (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1934), 39. 18. G.Campbell Morgan, Great Chapters ofthe Bible (London: Marshall,Morgan & Scott, 1946), 224-25. 19. Garrard, Temple, 33. 20. Bruce notes that any theory requires reading more into the text than what is actually recorded. One possible suggestion that he mentions is that they were in the Upper Room, went out into the streets speaking in tongues and then led people to theTemple; this seems an unwieldy interpretation to me. See his full discussion in ''Acts Revised," 5I. I think John Rea gives a good summary of why the "one place" or "house where they were sitting" was the 'Temple rather than an upper room (Holy Spirit, 169).My quick summary of his clues: (I) No typical Jewish rooftop room in (already crowded) Jerusalem could accommodate 120 people; (2) Luke 24:53 says Jesus' followers "were continually in the temple, praising God"; (3) As devoted Jews the disciples were expected to be present in rhe Temple area for the feast-day ceremonies; (4) Luke referred to theTemple by the term "house" (Luke 11:51; 19:46; Acts 7:47, 49); (5) The great crowd came to the disciples right away upon hearing the sound of praise in many tongues (note: The streets of Jerusalem were narrow, winding alleys, unable to sustain such a multitude); and (6) The traditional house containing the Upper Room is on the opposite side of rhe city from the Temple site. One of rhe most interesting discussions is by Donald Lee Barnett and Jeffrey McGregor in their chapter "Where Were the Disciples Praying on the Day of Pentecost?" in Speaking in Other Tongues (Seattle: Community Chapel Publications, 1986), 52-57. 21.The word house {oikos) is used of both a private house as well as the Temple.Note: Acts 7:47; Mark 11:17; John 2:16; Isaiah 6:4. 22.Lenski comments: "The Jews stood when praying; sitting implies that the assembly of disciples was lisrening to some discourse that was being uttered, let us say, by one of the apostles [possibly being led in prayer?] ...the assembly was sitting on the floor in Oriental, cross-legged fashion." Interpretation, 57.