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G. The Occurrences
Acts 2:1-13 gives an account of the baptism in the Holy Spirit that pertained to the Jewish believers.
There is actually no mentioning of a >baptism’ here, but Peter in Acts 11 explains that it did occur on the day of Pentecost. John the Baptist did not say when it would occur. Jesus did say in Acts 1:5 not many days hence.
On the day of Pentecost the believers were assembled in one place and for one purpose. This was the church Jesus had built. This is the church in which He placed the apostles first (I Corinthians 12:28). This is the church He began to build after a night of prayer when He called His disciples to Him and from them He selected the twelve and placed them in His church. This is the church He said AI am building@ in the sixteenth chapter of Matthew. This is the church He was speaking about when He said: tell it to the church in the eighteenth chapter of Matthew. This is the church He died for as recorded in Ephesiaris 5.
Yes, it was a local visible body that received the baptism in the Holy Spirit. It was this body of believers (120 names were recorded) that was completely immersed in the Holy Spirit. Other things happened such as: all were filled with the Spirit, tongues like as fire sat upon each, and they spoke in languages other then their own.
Before Pentecost this church had baptized believers in it. They had an organization (Christ was the head. Judas the treasurer and perhaps more). They had performed both ordinances (baptism and the Lord’s Supper). The commission had been given to them. They had had a business meeting. They were waiting for the power to come upon them as Jesus told them to do.
The book of Acts records other places where the disciples were filled with the Spirit and no baptism took place. It also records men speaking in tongues and no baptism took place.