The opportunity came during the Feast of the ingathering, in the year 604. Many thousands had come from all parts of the country to Jerusalem to celebrate the festival.
"Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile)"
Isaac Landman
The name teaches that the origin of the church was due, not to any human act of organization, but to Divine operations and a Divine ingathering of the elect.
"The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia"
William James Miller
The bread His disciples brought reminded Him of His true support, the consciousness that He was doing His Father's will; the fields whitening for harvest suggested to Him the nations unconsciously ripening for the great Christian ingathering.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods