ACC ~ Acts 11 v12

AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER. BEDE: It is beautifully appropriate that when the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit were poured out, the witnesses were brothers who were seven in number. Alternatively, because this world was formed in six days, the works accomplished [by Peter] were demonstrated through the six brothers who fittingly accompanied the teacher when, among the words of his exhortation, he described to his hearers the exemplary work that he had accomplished. COMMENTARY ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 11.12.