why do you like church buildings for meetings?

[n david]

Here's why I said what I said...

Originally Posted by renee819

I believe they would have had to come down out of the Upper Room to preach to that many people.

There's no record of Peter and the Apostles coming down out of the Upper Room. You're "adding to the Word of God" with that statement.

Originally Posted by Praxeas

That crowd appears to have been able to HEAR the speaking in tongues and see Peter and the Apostles stand up

Exactly. The passage fluently moves from the fire falling, to people hearing, to Peter preaching. There's no pause while the 120 come down from the Upper Room.

Originally Posted by n david

The crowd heard through the windows. Also, you missed Acts 2 verse 13 1/3 which tells of Peter walking out onto a porch.

There is no 2:13 1/3....just as there's no record of Peter and the 119 coming down from the Upper Room. That's the point.

Originally Posted by renee819

??????---Where's the porch in this verse? And what is the 1/3?

There's is no porch in the verse, no 1/3, nor any mention of them leaving the Upper Room.

Originally Posted by renee819

I guess the 1/3rd means that you are adding to the Word of God.

Just as you're adding to it by saying they came down from the Upper Room.

Originally Posted by renee819

as evidently they were standing on something, so they could see the crowd, and the crowd could hear them, so you added he porch.

"as evidently they were standing on something, so they could see the crowd and the crowd could hear them...."

I wonder...*gasp* Maybe they were in kind of like a "room" or place that was "up" above the crowd, where they could be seen and heard... Wait a minute! The Upper Room! Why, that would be a perfect place for Peter to preach and for everyone to be able to see and hear him.

Originally Posted by renee819

You're a quick carpenter, they had Portico's, but I doubt if they had porches.

Actually, I'm not a carpenter. Unless assembling shelves or entertainment centers bought at IKEA makes one a carpenter. BTW, if you look up portico, another word used is porch. Likewise, if you look up porch, another word is portico.