of his people (verse 22). Jesus' death is the responsibility of three groups: (1) 'the immediate agency' ('lawless hands' or 'lawless men'); (2) 'the proximate motive force' (the local audience which had witnessed Jesus' ministry, verses 22–23); and behind both of those, 'the divine plan' (verse 24). "Loosening" (KJV/NKJV: "having loosed"): or having "destroyed or abolished" "Pull of death" (KJV/NKJV: "pains of death"): also in the sense of "birth pangs" Verses 25–28 Verses 25 to 28 quote : According to a Christian interpretation, verse 27 recalls the belief in the preservation of the mortal bodies of the saints, identified with the people whose souls weren't condemned to the Hell. The latter is referred with the Hebrew word Sheol. It has also been seen as a prophecy of Jesus' Harrowing of Hell, while verse 26 would have predicted the final Resurrection of the flesh for which the "body also will rest in hope". Furthermore, the paths of life of recall the more well known Jesus self-definition as being "the way, the truth, the life" (, even using the same Greek words (respectively: hodous zōēs and hodos, alētheia, zōē) Verses 32–36 Verses 34 and 35 quotes to conclude saying: Verse 38 "Remission": or "forgiveness" Acts 2:41 then reports that about 3000 people were baptized and added to the number of believers. Verse 41 It would take a long time to immerse all 3,000 people in a single public pool such as Pool of Siloam, so the apostles probably made use of many mikvehs around the Temple Mount. A "mikveh" is a stepped immersion pool used by Jews for purification, before prayer or worship, to become ritually clean. Archaeological excavations in Jerusalem (and other Jewish communities) have discovered hundreds of mikvehs from before, during, and after the time of Jesus. The fact that many understood in their native language, what the Spirit was saying demonstrates that the first miracle the Holy Spirit carried out was the translation of the Gospel. This message is one that is communicating "God's deeds of power". Such miracle carries the undertone that the gospel, would be for a diverse group that for a long time had been divided. "Whereas in Babel humanity was divided by different tongues, in Pentecost that division was overcome." Location of the First Pentecost Traditional interpretation holds that the Descent of the Holy Spirit took place in the Upper Room, or Cenacle, on the