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Originally Posted by Sam
That percentage may be the same as the early church.
Over 500 people believed that Jesus rose from the dead and these folks were called "brethren" by Paul when he wrote about it 35 years later in 1 Corinthians 15:6. So, it looks like after Jesus' resurrection, the early church had over 500 members. However, only about 120 of these received the Holy Ghost Baptism at Pentecost in Acts chapter 2. So that equals 24 percent or less. |
Sam, have you considered that maybe
not all 500 of those people were in the upper room with the others on the Day of Pentecost?