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: <img src=" the12apostles.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Pentecost1.jpg" [the12apostles.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Pentecost1.jpg"] ; width="300" height="365" align="left" style="float: left; margin: 5px" alt="Tongues of Fire" />In the accepted order of the books of the New Testament the fifth book is called The Acts of the Apostles (praxeis Apostolon).It opens with a brief notice of the forty days succeeding the Resurrection of Christ during which He appeared to the Apostles, "speaking the things concerning the Kingdom of God". The promise of the Holy Spirit and the Ascension of Christ are then briefly recorded. St. Peter advises that a successor be chosen in the place of Judas Iscariot, and Matthias is chosen by lot. On Pentecost the Holy Spirit descends on the Apostles, and confers on them the gift of tongues. St. Peter explains the great miracle to the wondering witnesses, proving that it is the power of Jesus Christ that is operating. By that great discourse many were converted to the religion of Christ and were baptized, "and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls". The Holy Spirit is such a prominent figure in the Acts that the book is sometimes called the Gospel of the Spirit.