Isaiah 62:8-9
62:8 The Lord swears an oath by his right hand,
by his strong arm:
“I will never again give your grain
to your enemies as food,
and foreigners will not drink your wine,
which you worked hard to produce.
62:9 But those who harvest the grain will eat it,
and will praise the Lord.
Those who pick the grapes will drink the wine
in the courts of my holy sanctuary.”
Zechariah 9:15-17
9:15 The
Lord who rules over all will guard them, and they will prevail and overcome with sling stones. Then they will drink, and will become noisy like drunkards,
full like the sacrificial basin or like the corners of the altar.
9:16 On that day the
Lord their God will deliver them as the flock of his people, for they are the precious stones of a crown sparkling over his land.
9:17 How precious and fair!
Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women.
Acts 2:11-13
2:11 both Jews and proselytes,
Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
2:12 All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”
2:13 But others jeered at the speakers,
saying, “They are drunk on new wine!”
Acts 2:46-47
2:46 Every day
they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts,
breaking bread from
house to house, sharing their food with glad
and humble hearts,
2:47 praising God and having the good will
of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day
those who were being saved.
Acts 4:31-32
4:31 When
they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken,
and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak
the word of God
courageously.
Conditions Among the Early Believers
4:32 The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.
Acts 16:30-34
16:30 Then he brought them outside
and asked, “Sirs, what must
I do to be saved?”
16:31 They replied,
“Believe
in the Lord Jesus
and you will be saved, you and your household.”
16:32 Then
they spoke the word of the Lord
to him, along with all those who were in his house.
16:33 At
that hour of the night he took them
and washed their wounds;
then
he and all his family
were baptized right away.
16:34 The jailer
brought them into his house and set food
before them, and he rejoiced greatly
that he had come to believe
in God, together with his entire household.