The spirit of the truth . . . will guide you into all the truth.—John 16:13.
On
the day of Pentecost 33 C.E., “the spirit of the truth”
arrived, being poured out on about 120 Christians gathered together
in Jerusalem. There were visible and audible evidences of this. (Acts
1:4, 5, 15; 2:1-4) The disciples spoke in a variety of tongues “about
the magnificent things of God.” (Acts 2:5-11) The prophet Joel had
foretold this outpouring of holy spirit. (Joel 2:28-32) Onlookers
were witnessing the fulfillment in a way none of them had expected,
and the apostle Peter took the lead in explaining this development.
(Acts 2:14-18) The holy spirit thus acted as a teacher in making
clear to Peter that what the disciples had experienced was in
fulfillment of that ancient prophecy. The spirit also acted as a
remembrancer, for Peter quoted not only Joel but two psalms of David
as well. (Ps. 16:8-11; 110:1; Acts 2:25-28, 34, 35) What all
those assembled saw and heard were truly deep things of God. w10
7/15 4:3, 4
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