Acts 2 Footnotes
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2:32 Given the centrality of Jesus’s bodily resurrection and that Jesus’s disciples/friends were “witnesses” gives crucial support to Christianity’s foundations (e.g., 3:15; 4:13,20; 5:32).
2:38 Though repentance/faith and baptism go together in Acts, baptism is an indication of belonging to Christ, not a condition for it. For example, Cornelius and his relatives believed and received the Spirit before receiving water baptism (10:44-48).
2:41 Such a large number responding to Peter is believable since Jews throughout the empire traveled to Jerusalem at Pentecost; the city’s population grew to several times its normal size.
2:44-45 For a limited time, Jerusalem Christians distributed possessions according to need. This experiment did not last long due to contribution/distribution problems (see chaps. 4–6).