The History and Significance of the Crown of Scotland and the Lying in State of Queen Elizabeth II.

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  • Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024

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  • @donnalayton6876
    @donnalayton6876 Год назад +9

    Being of Scot heritage I think the simplicity of the crown makes it the most beautiful of all the crowns.

  • @ButterBobBriggs
    @ButterBobBriggs 2 года назад +15

    Thank you. That honor is a tribute to how much the Queen was able to unite people.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  2 года назад +10

      She was an extraordinary person Bob - she did have that natural ability to unite people. I think she did a lot of that through her humour.

    • @ButterBobBriggs
      @ButterBobBriggs 2 года назад +6

      @@allanbarton Your nation was blessed to have her.

  • @deniseroe5891
    @deniseroe5891 Год назад +13

    I have never seen the Crown Jewels of Scotland, never really thought about it them having ceremonial Honors separate from England before. This crown is beautiful with out being over the top. I guess I need to research more, as James II of Scotland in my 15th great grandfather.

  • @robb2biago
    @robb2biago 8 месяцев назад +1

    That Crown has amazing craftsmanship. I really like how the pearls are mounted. And the 4 gold settings with the larger pearls between the arches.

  • @joshuakampamba9061
    @joshuakampamba9061 2 года назад +16

    It's the best crown among them all. I love it🤩👍. Very simple and beautiful 🇿🇲

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  2 года назад +6

      It really is!

    • @xotan
      @xotan Год назад +3

      Yes. The beauty is in its simnplicity.

  • @annettewillis2797
    @annettewillis2797 2 года назад +4

    How interesting Allan. There is something arresting about this crown. Simple yet full of a meaning that was fully understood by the late Queen. And the green cushion was an excellent touch of course.

    • @xotan
      @xotan Год назад

      Yet, so far as I know, she never spoke a word of Gaidhlig or Welsh...

  • @cocacolafiesta
    @cocacolafiesta 2 года назад +9

    Amazing information. Thank you for educating this American from Las Vegas.

    • @Glenn036
      @Glenn036 2 года назад +6

      I'm the same it's so fascinating to me and my wife we are hooked on this channel now, from Texas by the way.

    • @cocacolafiesta
      @cocacolafiesta 2 года назад +5

      @@Glenn036 Amazing history compared to our baby country!

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  2 года назад +2

      My pleasure!

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  2 года назад +2

      Glad to have hooked you!

    • @valeriegibson8096
      @valeriegibson8096 2 года назад

      @@allanbarton I live in New Jersey, USA and I’m hooked too!😊

  • @DrGeorgePBurdell-USN1701
    @DrGeorgePBurdell-USN1701 2 года назад +7

    Interesting that the standard on her casket while in Scotland, the Scottish Royal Standard was on her casket. Also, the Charles and Anne wore their sashes and stars as Knights of the Thistle, rather than Knights of the Garter. Fascinating this bit of ceremony to see in Scotland!

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  2 года назад +7

      The first time any royal funeral has happened in Scotland since the mid sixteenth century so lots of new precedents set. It was fascinating to watch.

    • @MrBulky992
      @MrBulky992 2 года назад +4

      To my mind, it would not be unusual: the Royal Standard of Scotland was always flown in Scotland during life when the monarch was in residence there. It would have been a real faux-pas to use the non-Scottish one.
      The Royal arms of Scotland also appear on buildings in many places in Ballater near Balmoral where local shops display them to indicate that they are "By Royal Appointment".

    • @forbesmeek6304
      @forbesmeek6304 Год назад +1

      The Scottish crown appears on the Royal Mail vans and uniforms plus the pillar boxes👍

    • @DrGeorgePBurdell-USN1701
      @DrGeorgePBurdell-USN1701 Год назад

      @@forbesmeek6304 Did not know that (American). Fascinating! Thanks for the knowledge!

    • @DrGeorgePBurdell-USN1701
      @DrGeorgePBurdell-USN1701 Год назад

      @@MrBulky992 Interesting! Didn't know that! Outside of seeing pictures of the Standard on Balmoral, that's all I knew of (American trying to learn new things). I'm glad Scotland was able to shine, even in a time of mourning.

  • @jillcox6685
    @jillcox6685 2 года назад +4

    Your videos are so informative and presented so professionally, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

  • @kelliecostello5594
    @kelliecostello5594 2 года назад +4

    I love your videos keep up the good work! 👍👍👍❤

  • @yandan7010
    @yandan7010 Год назад +1

    Excellent and most informative. Thanx for this and all the very best to you ☺️👍🏻

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  Год назад

      Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!

  • @robstenvideos
    @robstenvideos 2 года назад +2

    Hope you make a playlist with all the videos you have on your channel. Makes it easier to listen to.

  • @pamelaschutz1248
    @pamelaschutz1248 2 года назад +3

    This is such an exquisite crown. I had never seen it before, or pictures of it, until it was resting on the late Queen's coffin in Scotland, and I immediately thought that it is finer work and more beautiful than the Imperial State Crown of England. I really hope that His Majesty the King chooses to wear this at some point during his coronation ceremonies. Since Charles II was the last to wear it, Charles III would be a most fitting recipient. I'm sure he must appreciate the workmanship with his artistic eye, and like beloved Queen Elizabeth II, is fully aware of it's significance. Of course, being South African, I don't know how the Scots would feel about that, but how lovely the crown is, and how lovely it would be to see it worn. The Fleurs de Lis and the crosses are in the exact opposite places to the English crown, and they are very finely engraved/cast. I didn't realise that there was Robert de Bruce's blood in the current royal line. How very interesting! My great grandfather on my father's mother's side was Scottish. Although I'm a royalist, I was brought up to venerate Robert de Bruce as well, and was very interested to see his grave in the Cathedral on the coverage of the Queen's lying in state. I was also very interested to see that the Fleurs de Lis are in the Scottish crown. So, according to what I know, I may be wrong, there is also the Christ Bloodline in the Scottish crown? According to Cathar stories, I do believe. I may be wrong!

    • @charmainelamont2020
      @charmainelamont2020 Год назад +4

      The Scottish crown will play no part in the coronation as it cannot leave the country. Scotland has followed the tradition of the other European monarchies, (of which Scotland is the oldest) where the monarch no longer wears the crown. The English Royal Family died out in 1603 and the Scottish Royal Family took over the English throne so the present King is decended from King Robert I.

    • @pamelaschutz1248
      @pamelaschutz1248 Год назад +3

      @@charmainelamont2020 , thank you so much for answering me. Maybe King Charles needs to go up to Scotland then, and be crowned there also, as he took his Accession Council vows there also. It is just so exquisitely beautiful.

  • @rickythe2nd63
    @rickythe2nd63 2 года назад +11

    This video has earned you a subscription. Well done indeed. God rest Her Late Majesty, Elizabeth, Queen of Scotts. God save the King.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  2 года назад +1

      Thank you very much for the subscription. God save the King.

    • @AV-fo5de
      @AV-fo5de 2 года назад +2

      Just one "t" Richard. We are Scots. The Scotts are a family.

    • @rickythe2nd63
      @rickythe2nd63 2 года назад +1

      @@AV-fo5de OH!!! Thank you! That's actually quite helpful. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇲

    • @rickythe2nd63
      @rickythe2nd63 2 года назад

      @@allanbarton you're quite welcome!

    • @AV-fo5de
      @AV-fo5de 2 года назад +1

      @@rickythe2nd63 No problem! Glad to have been of help!

  • @joejanczak3014
    @joejanczak3014 Год назад +2

    Our Texas independence from Mexico in 1836 was inspired by the independent spirit of the Scots and English who had settled Texas.

  • @Valhalla88888
    @Valhalla88888 Год назад +3

    As Voltaire said 'we look to Scotland'

  • @chriscarr4984
    @chriscarr4984 2 года назад +16

    As a lover of both The Crown Jewels and The Honours I say thank you for this extraordinary documentary. Like yourself I have all the books on the jewels and even a copy of The Imperial State crown. An excellent channel. Also what a lovely speaking voice you have.

    • @ravenhite8347
      @ravenhite8347 2 года назад

      A👍🏾wa-a😏at

    • @ravenhite8347
      @ravenhite8347 2 года назад +1

      😊

    • @ravenhite8347
      @ravenhite8347 2 года назад

      😊

    • @ravenhite8347
      @ravenhite8347 2 года назад

      🤎

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  2 года назад +5

      Thank you Chris, that is so kind of you to say so. I have been obsessed for many a year with the crown jewels and I think the Honours of Scotland are the most beautiful of the lot. They have a delightfully uneven charm to them - the finish of the goldsmithing is not too perfect.

  • @GEInman
    @GEInman 2 месяца назад

    Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! for the link to the order of service! Gail

  • @queenbodicea
    @queenbodicea Год назад +1

    Wow, brilliant presentation!

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  Год назад +1

      Glad you liked it, thanks for watching!

  • @garycannon1247
    @garycannon1247 2 года назад +3

    Great video very informative

  • @joshuakampamba9061
    @joshuakampamba9061 2 года назад +1

    Tbat crown can surely make me feel like a king🤩👍🇿🇲🇿🇲 oh how i love crowns.

  • @amethyst7084
    @amethyst7084 Год назад +2

    "Scottish gold..." mentioned at 4:52. I didn't know Scotland had/has gold mineral wealth, or that gold could be found anywhere in the British Isles.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  Год назад +6

      Yes, a surprising amount is to be found, though it is no longer economic to mine. In Wales gold was mined from Roman times and the royal family have a supply of it which is used to make wedding rings.

    • @forbesmeek6304
      @forbesmeek6304 Год назад +1

      Gold is now mined and processed commercially at Tyndrum in the
      Highlands.

  • @GEInman
    @GEInman 2 месяца назад

    Hello, Dr. Barton. King Charles III participated in a coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey. I was able to watch it online, and get a copy of the order of service. Later, the Church of Scotland offered its service for the king in Edinburgh. In the US, the online version of the ceremony was blocked. I have looked for an order of service, but haven't been able to find it. If you know where I can download a copy of the order of serive, I would be most grateful. Thanks for your consideration. Gail

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  2 месяца назад

      This is the link to the order of service Gail.
      www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/110595/order-of-service-service-of-thanksgiving-and-dedication.pdf

  • @livvymunro1929
    @livvymunro1929 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for the most intelligent, interesting and accurate look at the history of the Scottish Crown Jewels that I have ever come across. I am wondering with Scotland again becoming more aware of its nationhood, whether there will be agitation for them to be incorporated into the coronation of King Charles next year.

    • @bombski5657
      @bombski5657 2 года назад +1

      They'll be a lot of interest when someone comes for the stone of destiny.

    • @margaretblyth8534
      @margaretblyth8534 2 года назад +2

      @@bombski5657 we want it back after the coronation. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @bethena1855
    @bethena1855 2 года назад +23

    I have to say I was in ignorance of the existence of this crown until recent sad events brought it to my attention. Thanks for the very interesting video.

  • @jjmac83
    @jjmac83 2 года назад +1

    Loving your videos. Would you mind doing a video on the queen consort crown Camilla will eventually be crowned with?

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  2 года назад +4

      I'm not sure precisely which crown she will use, or whether a new one will be made. She may use Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's crown. Once ot is confirmed and we get closer to the coronation I will start making some videos on different aspects of coronation ceremonial.

    • @jjmac83
      @jjmac83 2 года назад

      @@allanbarton Amazing, Thank you!

  • @rickynewport6339
    @rickynewport6339 Год назад +1

    Can you comment on the object called a wand that was found with the Honours of Scotland when it was rediscovered by Sir Walter Scott and others? What was its purpose and is it really part of the Scottish Crown Jewels?

  • @Cate7451
    @Cate7451 Год назад

    My favorite crown. Awesomer

  • @lindakimura940
    @lindakimura940 2 года назад +2

    Believe it or not: the truth is there's a surge of fans becoming jnterested in the history of Scotland & anything Scottish because of Major JOHNNY THOMPSON. Hoping for more to come. 🙏💥💞

  • @Valhalla88888
    @Valhalla88888 Год назад +1

    Scotland was a kingdom from the 8th century or perhaps 9th century under Kenneth MacAlpin who was king of Picts and Scots 🤗

  • @andrewrusack580
    @andrewrusack580 2 года назад +2

    Does anyone know where the 1953 Painting of Queen Elizabeth and the crown painted by Stanley Cursiter is located. Stanley Cursiter is my father’s cousin.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  2 года назад +3

      Apparently it is in Holyrood Palace. A fantastic painting and superb artist.

    • @andrewrusack580
      @andrewrusack580 2 года назад +1

      @@allanbarton thankyou might there be a copy somewhere on the internet ? I’ve seen many paintings by Stanley Cursiter however never this one

    • @postscript67
      @postscript67 2 года назад +2

      @@andrewrusack580 A quick search online and you will find the picture. It is also reproduced in a book about the artist published by Orkney Museum a few years ago. Elsewhere on RUclips is a Pathe newsreel of the Queen's visit on that occasion. During the singing of the National Anthem you can see a white-haired figure partly concealed to the right of the altar/communion table doing something with his hands. I wondered if it was Cursiter making his preliminary sketch. There are various stories about his views on the Queen wearing normal day dress for the occasion instead of something more elaborate. How accurate these are or how exaggerated by those with a Nationalist grievance to nurture I don't know.

    • @Anastajia2005
      @Anastajia2005 2 года назад

      @@postscript67 I was a young girl when she was handed the crown. There was a bit of an uproar at the fact she just wore day clothes to receive the Crown Of Scotland in her hands. Many felt it was an insult and that she could have worn something more regal looking befitting her station. None of the Royal Mail Boxes in Scotland had E11R on them. If memory serves me right, they tried it and some got blown up. The Queen was not recognized as Elizabeth the second, there never had been an Elizabeth the first, so they gave up and the mail boxes in Scotland just had ER on them. They will eventually be changed for Charles.

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 Год назад +1

      @@Anastajia2005 Scottish postboxes installed during Elizabeth's reign only had a crown on. Charles's cypher will only appear on new boxes present boxes will remain the same if you look around you will notice that there are atill some postboxes dating from before Elizabeth's reign with the cypher of previous monarchs on them

  • @CarolanIvey
    @CarolanIvey 2 года назад +3

    I'm curious as to why the crown was so seldom worn?

    • @chronochromie772
      @chronochromie772 2 года назад +2

      Officially, it is 'too delicate'.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  2 года назад +3

      It is old and delicate, also with the union of the two crowns it became redundant when James VI of Scotland became James I. He never returned.

    • @charmainelamont2020
      @charmainelamont2020 Год назад

      Scotland has followed the custom of other European monarchies where the monarch no longer wear a crown.

    • @MrBulky992
      @MrBulky992 Год назад

      It was used at Charles I's coronation in Edinburgh in 1633 and Charles II's at Scone in 1651.
      It was also habitually carried on a cushion and displayed in the King's absence at sessions of the Scottish Parliament until the latter's dissolution in 1707.
      At that point, there was no longer a separate kingdom of Scotland: no Scottish coronation and no Scottish Parliament to open. Subsequent coronations were to crown the king of Great Britain: as they took place in England, the former English regalia has always been used.
      The regalia of Scotland, no longer needed, were locked away in a chest and only rediscovered by Walter Scott in 1818.
      The first king to visit Scotland as king since 1651 was George IV in 1822 but he did not have any interaction with the Scottish regalia and, as far as I know, none of his successors who visited Scotland, Victoria, Edward VII, George V or George VI did either.
      In 1953, Elizabeth II attended a ceremony in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh where she was presented with the crown which then went back to its home in Edinburgh Castle.
      It was not until 1999 when the new devolved legislature, the Scottish Parliament, was created that the crown was used again. It was carried on a cushion for the State Opening (held in the Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh) and for all subsequent state openings to the present. The crown is traditionally carried before the sovereign by the Duke of Hamilton.
      I think if the crown and the rest of the regalia are "fragile", they should be fixed to make them robust!

  • @elizabethmcglothlin5406
    @elizabethmcglothlin5406 Год назад

    By far the prettiest crown!

  • @bombski5657
    @bombski5657 2 года назад +3

    If King Charles plays his cards right he can ingratiate himself to Scots. He should have a Presbyterian coronation in Scotland with the Scottish crown.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  2 года назад +3

      That would be a miserable affair a Presbyterian coronation.

    • @bombski5657
      @bombski5657 2 года назад +3

      @@allanbarton not at all, despite stereotypes to the contrary the Presbyterian Church is a very warm and welcoming place, it just doesn't put much stock in things like anointing oil, ornate hats (for clergy) and golden crooks.

  • @stevendaniel8126
    @stevendaniel8126 Год назад +1

    If Scotland wants independence, let them have it. Scotland is not a servant......

  • @JJMHigner
    @JJMHigner Год назад +1

    Will King Charles be crowned with this Crown as well in time or will he formally accept it in the same manner as his mother did? I imagine there will be only one coronation overall but just curious. His name is Charles after all.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  Год назад +1

      I think he will do as his mother did, unless of course Scotland does eventually become independent. Then they might rethink. The last person to wear it was Charles II in the 1650s. It is a shame as I think it is a sublimely beautiful object.

  • @benjaminr6153
    @benjaminr6153 2 года назад +1

    Why were there fleur-de-lis on the Scottish crown? As far as I am aware, the kings of Scotland never claimed the throne of France or French territory(the English ones did of course)

    • @irenedemarco1354
      @irenedemarco1354 2 года назад +4

      Mary Queen of Scots was married to Francis and spent years in France..
      Fleur de Lis is a French/ Italian symbol

    • @charmainelamont2020
      @charmainelamont2020 2 года назад +1

      Fluer-de-lis are found in many crowns and has nothing to do with claiming the French throne.. The crown of Tonga has them and they certainly don't claim the French throne.

    • @DrGeorgePBurdell-USN1701
      @DrGeorgePBurdell-USN1701 2 года назад +1

      Please see the Auld Alliance. For this, the wikipedia article will suffice.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  2 года назад +3

      The fleur-de-lys is a symbol of purity and of the Blessed Virgin Mary - the alternating crosses and fleur-de-lys are emblematic of Christ and Mary's blessing upon the sovereign's rule.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  2 года назад +1

      Yes, the Tonga crown is based on British crowns.

  • @DanielaSordillo
    @DanielaSordillo 2 года назад +3

    Hi Allan, do you think that this choice of crown was a subtle message conveying Her Majesty's desire for the continued union of the Kingdom? Do you think this has implications for any upcoming votes on Scottish referendum?

    • @irenedemarco1354
      @irenedemarco1354 2 года назад

      No....the Imperial State Crown was on HMTQ casket, not this one....

    • @charmainelamont2020
      @charmainelamont2020 2 года назад +6

      The SNP has always said it would retain the monarchy. Wanting to dissolve the 1707 union doesn't mean that the 1603 union would go too.

    • @DrGeorgePBurdell-USN1701
      @DrGeorgePBurdell-USN1701 2 года назад +5

      @@irenedemarco1354 when in London, correct. However, while her casket was in Scotland, this Crown was on her casket, as was her standard as Queen of Scots.

    • @irenedemarco1354
      @irenedemarco1354 2 года назад +2

      @@DrGeorgePBurdell-USN1701
      thank you...i dont mind being corrected nicely...i dont want to spread misinformation...cheers

    • @DrGeorgePBurdell-USN1701
      @DrGeorgePBurdell-USN1701 Год назад +1

      @@irenedemarco1354 You're welcome! Too many online forget manners and common decency. We all have places to learn, and one should hope to keep learning throughout life. Many blessings to you Irene! :)

  • @xotan
    @xotan Год назад

    Are the regalia not the symbol of Scotland's independent nationhood?

  • @EdMcF1
    @EdMcF1 Год назад

    The finest McFlummery!

  • @dianetheisen8664
    @dianetheisen8664 2 года назад

    I'm a little confused: the crown 👑 I see on the Queen's coffin is purple. Is this an old picture of someone else's coffin? Or did they switch crowns when the Queen was moved to England? 🇬🇧

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  2 года назад

      Yes, this is the ancient crown of Scotland with the red cap, the one with the purple on is the Imperial state crown- essentially that of England, but now representing the Union.

    • @livvymunro1929
      @livvymunro1929 2 года назад +2

      When the Queen was lying in state in Edinburgh, the Scottish Crown lay on her coffin on a green cushion. For her lying in state and funeral in England, it was the English/British Imperial State Crown on a purple cushion. Same Queen, two different occasions and two different crowns.

    • @MrBulky992
      @MrBulky992 2 года назад +4

      Also two different positions for the crown: in Scotland, over her head; in England, placed at the centre of the top of the coffin.

    • @allangibson8494
      @allangibson8494 Год назад

      @@MrBulky992 Actually the imperial state crown was bolted to the coffin for the funeral (after it fell off her grandfather’s coffin).

    • @MrBulky992
      @MrBulky992 Год назад

      @@allangibson8494 Yes, that's right: and the same for the orb and sceptre. I was more concerned that the orb might just roll off and away. They didn't do that for the Scottish crown which explains why it was only on the coffin when it wasn't being moved.
      The Imperial State Crown was very accident-prone: at the State Opening of Parliament in 1845, the Duke of Argyll let it slip off its cushion in procession and Queen Victoria wrote "it was all crushed and squashed like a pudding that had sat down" (whatever that means). No wonder that crown was retired after the mishap at George V's funeral!

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  • @jgardner3773
    @jgardner3773 Год назад

    Worlds oldest Crown he haw to do with Britain.

  • @sarashepard7504
    @sarashepard7504 2 года назад +2

    I was told by a Scot that Charles has no role in the parliament and yet went there to lord it over MSPs by sitting on the speakers podium with his wife and used his mother’s death as a power play to send a message to Scotland. That there was no transfer of power that took place and it was unconstitutional for him to sit either side of the speakers podium with his wife. Even Elizabeth when she went to parliament would sit below the speakers podium and in a guest chair. Any Scottish citizens able to shed light on this?

    • @postscript67
      @postscript67 2 года назад +8

      As a Scot myself, I know just the sort of Scot you have been speaking to. Poor you!

    • @janekitenye399
      @janekitenye399 2 года назад +1

      @@postscript67 😂😂😂😂

    • @charmainelamont2020
      @charmainelamont2020 2 года назад +5

      You were told wrong. As King of Scots he will open the Parliament and he will sit where his mother sat. On this occasion he was invited by the Scottish Government to hear tributes to the late Queen and that is why he sat on the podium.

    • @MrBulky992
      @MrBulky992 Год назад

      Queen Elizabeth opened the Scottish Parliament ten times during her reign. Was she "lording" (or "ladying"?) it over the MSPs? If it was inconstututional for her to do so, you would have thought someone would have mentioned it at the time?

  • @leahjackiepeah4130
    @leahjackiepeah4130 2 года назад

    From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent [change your inner self-your old way of thinking, regret past sins, live your life in a way that proves repentance; seek God’s purpose for your life], for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
    Jesus taught, “When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men … but when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father who is unseen.”(Matthew 6:5-8)
    Jesus Teaches About Fasting
    16 “When you fast, don’t make yourselves look sad like the hypocrites. They put a look of suffering on their faces so that people will see they are fasting. The truth is, that’s all the reward they will get. 17 So when you fast, wash your face and make yourself look nice. 18 Then no one will know you are fasting, except your Father, who is with you even in private. He can see what is done in private, and he will reward you. Matthew 6:16-18
    Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
    Acts 2:38