Synoptic Gospels The Holy Spirit does not simply appear for the first time at Pentecost after the resurrection of Jesus, but is present in the Gospel of Luke (in 1–2) prior to the birth of Jesus.
Where did the Holy Ghost come from?
The Holy Ghost comes from old English translations of spiritus . in Aramaic the language of Jesus day the word spirit is rusch . The Greek translates spirit into pneuma and it is written in the original New Testament because those bibles were in Greek. the spirit of god refers to the power of god.
What is the first part of Acts about?
The first part, the Gospel of Luke, tells how God fulfilled his plan for the world's salvation through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, the promised messiah. Acts continues the story of Christianity in the 1st century, beginning with the ascension of Jesus to Heaven.
What does the first chapter of Acts talk about?
Acts starts with Jesus already back in black. He decides to hang around with all his favorite disciples for forty days. Not typical behavior for a dead guy, but we are talking about Jesus here. So while Jesus is hanging around, he gives the disciples (whom Luke calls apostles) some advice.