Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Was now come (en tw sunplhrousqai). Luke's favourite idiom of en with the articular present infinitive passive and the accusative of general reference, "in the being fulfilled completely (perfective use of sun-) as to the day of Pentecost." Common verb, but only in Luke in N.T. In literal sense of filling a boat in Luke 8:23, about days in Luke 9:51 as here. Whether the disciples expected the coming of the Holy Spirit on this day we do not know. Blass holds that the present tense shows that the day had not yet come. It is a Hebrew idiom (Exodus 7:25) and Luke may mean that the day of Pentecost was not yet over, was still going on, though Hackett takes it for the interval (fifty days) between Passover and Pentecost. Apparently this day of Pentecost fell on the Jewish Sabbath (our Saturday). It was the feast of first fruits.
All together in one place (pantev omou epi to auto). All together in the same place. Note omou here (correct text), not omoqumadon as in Acts 1:14, and so a bit of tautology.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Luke 8:23
Luke 9:51
Luke 17:35
John 4:36
Acts 1:15
Acts 2:6
Acts 2:44
Acts 20:16
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