DAILY, WEEKEND, AND HOLIDAY INTERNET EVANGELIZE TO THE WORLD MINISTRY

Feast of Pentecost Acts 2:1–41 Excerpt Word derived from the Greek word  pentekoste  ( “fiftieth” ), which stood for the festival celebrated on the 50th day after Passover . In the OT this festival, called  Shavu’oth   ( Weeks ) in Judaism, is referred to as the Feast of Weeks ( Ex 34:22 ;  Dt 16:10 ) because it occurs seven weeks after Passover . Other names include the Feast of Harvest ( Ex 23:16 ), because of its relationship with harvest season, and the Day of Firstfruits ( Nm 28:26 ), because two loaves of newly ground grain were presented before the Lord. (This latter name should be distinguished from the offering of firstfruits at the beginning of the harvest season, as mentioned in  Lv 23:9–14 .)  More Elwell, Walter A., and Philip Wesley Comfort.  Tyndale Bible D ictionary  2001 : 1007. Print. Tyndale Reference Library.

Feast of Pentecost Excerpt The feast of Pentecost was in NT times the name for the celebration of  the Feast of Weeks because it occurred on the fiftieth day after Passover . It was a one-day festival in which special sacrifices were offered, and originally it was a harvest (firstfruits) festival ( Exod.  23:16 ;  34:22 ;  Lev. 23:15–21 ;  Num. 28:26 ;  Deut.  16:9–12 ). It is possible, but not certain, that as early as this time this festival was associated with the giving of the Law on Sinai.  More Witherington, Ben, III.  The Acts of the Apostles : A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary . Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1998. Print.

Feast of Pentecost Excerpt The feast of Pentecost was in NT times the name for the celebration of  the Feast of Weeks because it occurred on the fiftieth day after Passover . It was a one-day festival in which special sacrifices were offered, and originally it was a harvest (firstfruits) festival ( Exod. 23:16 ;  34:22 ;  Lev. 23:15–21 ;  Num. 28:26 ;  Deut.  16:9–12 ). It is possible, but not certain, that as early as this time this festival was associated with the giving of the Law on Sinai .  More Witherington, Ben, III.  The Acts of the Apostles : A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary . Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1998. Print.

Feast of Pentecost Excerpt The feast of Pentecost was in NT times the name for the celebration of  the Feast of Weeks because it occurred on the fiftieth day after Passover . It was a one-day festival in which special sacrifices were offered, and originally it was a harvest (firstfruits) festival ( Exod.  23:16 ;  34:22 ;  Lev. 23:15–21 ;  Num. 28:26 ;  Deut.  16:9–12 ). It is possible, but not certain, that as early as this time this festival was associated with the giving of the Law on Sinai .  More Witherington, Ben, III.  The Acts of the Apostles: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary . Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1998. Print.

Feast of Pentecost Excerpt The feast of Pentecost was in NT times the name for the celebration of the Feast of Weeks because it occurred on the fiftieth day after Passover. It was a one-day festival in which special sacrifices were offered, and originally it was a harvest (firstfruits) festival ( Exod. 23:16 ; 34:22 ; Lev. 23:15–21 ; Num. 28:26 ; Deut. 16:9–12 ). It is possible, but not certain, that as early as this time this festival was associated with the giving of the Law on Sinai. Witherington, Ben, III. The Acts of the Apostles : A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1998. Print.

Feast of Pentecost The feast of Pentecost was in NT times the name for the celebration of the Feast of Weeks because it occurred on the fiftieth day after Passover . It was a one-day festival in which special sacrifices were offered, and originally it was a harvest ( firstfruits ) festival ( Exod. 23:16; 34:22; Lev. 23:15–21; Num. 28:26; Deut. 16:9–12 ). It is possible, but not certain, that as early as this time this festival was associated with the giving of the Law on Sinai . There is an interesting tradition, of a later period, that the Law had been initially promulgated in the seventy languages of the nations that made up the whole world ( b. Shab. 88b ). Even more intriguing is what Philo, writing well before the time of Luke, says about the giving of the Law : “Then from the midst of the fire that streamed from heaven there sounded forth to their utter amazement a voice, for the flame became the articulate speech in the language familiar to the audience” ( Decal. 46 )...