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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Pentecost (Name of a festival)

The harvest festival fifty days after Passover. It is the day the Spirit came down on the disciples in Jerusalem. Peter preached, and that is where the church starts.

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First, in plain English

The harvest festival fifty days after Passover. It is the day the Spirit came down on the disciples in Jerusalem. Peter preached, and that is where the church starts.

Who this is

Pentecost was a Jewish harvest festival held fifty days after Passover, and it's the day the Holy Spirit visibly descended on the gathered disciples in Jerusalem, empowering Peter's first public sermon and marking what Christians regard as the church's founding.

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The word

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Where it appears
  • Acts 2:1
  • Acts 20:16
  • 1 Corinthians 16:8

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