Pentecost

The Greek word means fifty and refers to the fifty days that have elapsed since the wave offering of Passover. Pentecost also called Whit Sunday Whitsunday or Whitsun is a Christian holiday celebrated on the 50th day the seventh Sunday after Easter Sunday.

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Because Easter is a moveable feast without a fixed date and Pentecost.

. The birth of the church. The Christian festival of Pentecost falls on the 50th day after the resurrection of Jesus. Pentecost that is the fiftieth day from a Greek word meaning fiftieth or Harvest Feast or Feast of Weeks may be regarded as a supplement to the Passover.

This had never happened before in history. The Holy Spirit the same Spirit who was present when the foundations of the earth were laid the Spirit by whom our Savior was conceived the Spirit that was with Him every day of His life on earth that same Spirit came and made His dwelling place with the sons of men. Most importantly it marks the time when the Holy Spirit permanently indwells us.

Pentecost is significant in both the Old and New Testaments. 2 days agoPentecost always occurs 50 days after the death and resurrection of Jesus and 10 days after his ascension into heaven. Pentecost is actually the Greek name for a festival known in the Old Testament as the Feast of Weeks Leviticus 2315.

It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks as described in the Acts of the Apostles Acts 2131. On Pentecost Sunday the Holy Spirit filled the Church with power and added 3000 new believers. The word Pentecost is Greek and it means 50th day Fifty days after Easter Sunday we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and their followers and the beginning of their Earthly ministry to make disciples of all nations.

One promise is in the Old Testament Joel 228 which says I will pour out my Spirit on all people and one in the New where Jesus says he will send another Counsellor the Spirit of truth John 16. Throughout the Old Testament the Holy. Pentecost is the fulfilment of two promises.

Modern day Pentecostals emphasise the gifts of the Spirit. Pentecost has multiple meanings. Pentecost is also a Jewish holiday which the Jews use to celebrate the end of Passover.

The word Pentecost comes from a Greek word meaning fiftieth. From the sixteenth of Nisan seven weeks were reckoned inclusively and the next or fiftieth day was the day of Pentecost which fell on the sixth of Sivan. The account in Act 2 reports that after Jesus ascended into heaven Jesus followers were gathered together for the Feast of Harvest aka Pentecost and the Holy Spirit filled the whole house where they were sitting Acts 22.

The Jewish Festival of Pentecost called Shavuot meaning weeks in Hebrew falls on the fiftieth day after the original Passover. It lasted for but one day. On that day God gave the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai.

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