Sometimes in really old copies of the Bible the authors of the four Gospels are pictured as four creatures: a man (Matthew), a lion (Mark), an ox (Luke), and an eagle (John). An early Christian pastor named Irenaeus used these pictures to help people remember what the Gospels showed us about Jesus. The picture of the man points to Jesus’s humanity, the lion emphasizes his power, the ox reminds of his sacrifice for us, and the eagle depicts Jesus as over all things, since he is the creator of everything ever made. If we had to pick symbols for the book after the Gospels—the book of Acts—then the perfect symbols would be wind and fire. You see, Acts begins with Jesus’s disciples gathered together on the Jewish Day of Pentecost—shortly after Jesus went up to heaven. And “suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind” and “tongues as of fire . . . rested on each one of them” (Acts 2:2–3). As Jesus had promised, they were baptized “with the Holy Spirit and fire” (Luke 3:16). Let’s learn more about this awesome scene!