In today's lesson, we see that the book of Acts is a continuation of the gospel of Luke which was the story of Jesus. As one of my pastors said, "It is not the Acts of the Apostles, or of Peter and Paul, it is a continuation of Jesus' ministry, now instead of in the body, in the Spirit." The group of believers, both men and women, started at 120. Peter directed them to select another disciple in place of Judas, and Matthias was chosen. On Pentecost, when there were Jews from every nation under heaven, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and Peter preached from Joel chapter 2, "And it shall be in the last days, God says, that I will pour forth My Spirit on all mankind, and your sons and daughters shall prophesy." People heard the gospel spoken in their own languages. At the end, 3,000 souls repented and were baptized. Verse 42 says, "They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to prayer." Chapter 2 ends with "the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved."
