Acts 1:1-12 (cont.)
Before I pick up with the next verse, another thought about the last verse from yesterday's reflection:
" . . . for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit." - (5)
This verse hearkens back to Lk 3:16, in which John the Baptist spoke similar words about Jesus to counter the people's inquiry as to whether John himself might be the Messiah. It is as if this second account addresses a gaping hole that was left unfulfilled in Luke's gospel, where the only reference to the bestowing of the Spirit upon the apostles is in the instruction at the end that they should stay in the city until they are clothed with power from on high. Luke then uses this as the launching point for this account of the Spirit's work in the Church.
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