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Luke's Narrative Of The Day Of Pentecost Series
Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on Feb 22, 2025 (message contributor)
Summary: To establish that the 12 apostles alone received the baptism of the Holy Ghost with power on the first Pentecost after Jesus’ death, burial, resurrection, and ascension into the heavens. This lesson identifies the "subjects" of this baptism and its empowering on Pentecost.
1) The sentence: “Matthias, and the eleven apostles” can be mapped in this fashion:
a) The name “Matthias” is a noun | N-ASM.
b) The word “and" is a conjunction | CONJ.
c) The word “with” is a preposition | PREP.
d) The word “the” is a definite article | T-GPM.
e) The number “eleven” is an adjective | *A-NUI.
f) The title “apostles” is a noun | N-GPM.
2) Is there an article, adjective, or noun, that can be linked to the pronoun: “they” or “them" in Acts 2:1-4? In Greek Parsing, does “they” or “them” refer back to an article, adjective, and noun mentioned earlier in Acts 1:26. Let’s locate them by connecting this “pronoun” to this sentence.
a) In Acts 2:3b, the phrase “of them" is a pronoun | P-GPM.
b) In Acts 1:26, the title "apostles” is a noun | N-GPM.
c) In MGNT-NASB95, the number “eleven” is an adjective | *A-GPM.
NOTE: MGNT means the Morphological Greek New Testament. BLB.org.
NOTE: GPM means Genitive in case, Plural in number, and Masculine in gender.
d) The pronoun, noun, and adjective agree in case, number, and gender.
e) Therefore, the phrase "of them" in Acts 2:3b; refers to the “eleven apostles” in Acts 1:26.
3) Conclusion: The “cloven tongues like as of fire, sat upon each of them (Matthias, and the eleven apostles) on the Day of Pentecost. This evidence in Greek Parsing is undeniable. The pronoun "of them," in Acts 2:3b; refers to the definite article, adjective, and noun; of “the eleven apostles,” mentioned, in Acts 1:26. Let's consider another text that mentions the 12 apostles.
b. Further, “Peter, standing up with the eleven,” Acts 2:14. Recall, I said, we will let Peter make his defense of himself and the other apostles, who were being accused of being "full of new wine," Acts 2:13. In Greek Parsing,
1) The sentence: “Peter, standing up with the eleven” can be mapped in this fashion:
a) The name “Peter” is a noun | N-NSM.
b) The phrase “standing up" is a verb | V-APP-NSM.
c) The word “with” is a preposition | PREP.
d) The word “the” is a definite article | T-DPM.
e) The word “eleven” is an adjective | *A-NUI.
NOTE: In MGNT-NASB95, the number “eleven" is an adjective | *A-DPM.
NOTE: MGNT means the Morphological Greek New Testament. BLB.org.
f) The phrase “unto them” is a pronoun | P-DPM. (*Inferred, but not included in the sentence).
2) Is there an adjective, noun, or pronoun linked to the definite article in this sentence in Acts 2:14? In Greek Parsing,
a) The adjective “eleven” has already been linked to the “they” or “them;” the 12 apostles.
b) Is there a noun or pronoun that links the definite article, | T-DPM, to our text?
c) Recall that Peter defends his and the other apostles’ actions as not being “full of new wine.”
3) In Acts 2:3a, we find the pronoun that links back to the definite article | T-DPM, in Acts 2:14.
a) In Acts 2:14, the word “the” is a definite article | T-DPM.
b) The word "eleven" is an adjective | *A-DPM.
c) In Acts 2:3a, the phrase “unto them” is a pronoun | P-DPM.
