Section 8
order to understand what is happening here. The fulfillment here is just that the Lord went by death and resurrection and now comes to the disciples as the Spirit, coming as the second Comforter to be their reality that they might be one with the Triune God. At this time the dis ciples were happy and glad. The Lord had told them they would not see Him for a little while (16:16). Now, after a little while, the disciples saw the Lord again, fulfilling what He had spoken in chapters fourteen through sixteen.
DIFFERENT FROM THE FULFILLMENT
IN ACTS 2
The fulfillment in John 20:22 is different from that in Acts 2:1-4. Most Christians, how ever, think that the promise made in John 14, 15, and 16 was fulfilled in Acts 2 on the day of Pen tecost, thinking that the Comforter came on the day of Pentecost. The fulfillment in Acts 2:1-4 was the fulfillment of the promise of the Father given in Joel 2:28-32 and referred to by the Lord in Luke 24:49, which says, "Behold, I am send ing forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." The Lord reminded the disciples of the Father's promise after His