Lesson 5

Question 1

In Acts 4:8, explain the “filling of the Holy Spirit.”

Answer 1

1. Connects to Luke 12:11-12; 21:14-15
2. Common expression in Luke-Acts (Luke 1:15, 41; Acts 2:4, 4:31, 9:17, 13:9)
3. Also note “fullness” (πλήρης: plērēs) of the Holy Spirit” in Luke 4:1; Acts 6:3; 7:55; 11:24
4. Haenchen, “The gift of the Spirit here is not given with the fact of being a Christian, but is bestowed on special occasions” (Acts, 216)
5. Acts presents a general filling of the Holy Spirit that all Christians get (Acts 2:38) and special occasions where one is filled for a particular task (Acts 4:8; 7:55; 13:9)