Two days ago we looked at the promise Jesus made the night before his death—the Advocate is coming, peace is already yours.
Now the disciples are living inside that promise, waiting for it to arrive.
They've returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. They've gone upstairs to the room where they've been staying. And then Luke records something easy to read past:
12 Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk from the city. When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
—Acts 1:12–14 (NIV)
