The word Pentecost is from the Greek word meaning fiftieth. It’s the fiftieth day after Passover, when the Holy Spirit came to earth, as Jesus had promised (John 14:26) to comfort his followers and be their counselor (Acts 2).
Although the word Pentecost is only used in the New Testament, there was also a feast on that same day in the Old Testament. It was called “the feast of the harvest” or “the day of first fruits”(Exodus 23:16 and Numbers 28:26).
Key verse about Pentecost: When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place (Acts 2:1, NIV)
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