What is the Pentecost Feast?
Pentecost is a feast day of the Christian Church which remembers the Holy Spirit descending upon the Jesus’ Apostles. The apostles of Jesus were Jewish, and for many years the Jewish people have been celebrating the Pentecost feast. After the Passover Festival, it is the second most important Jewish feast. For Jews, Pentecost is also known as the ‘Feast of the Weeks’ and ‘Shavuot’.
Where did the Pentecost originate (come from)?
The Book of Leviticus (23:15-17), which is in the Old Testament, records information about the Jewish feast: Pentecost. Pentecost is also called the ‘Festival of Weeks’ as it was connected with the Jewish harvest festival ‘Shavuot’. Shavuot commemorates God giving the Torah (the first five books of the Old Testament which include the Ten Commandments) to Moses on Mount Sinai. Moses received the Torah fifty days after the Exodus (the release of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt). Jewish tradition teaches that King David was born and died on this day, and that Enoch was taken up to heaven on this day (Gen 5:24).
The Book of Leviticus (23:15-17), which is in the Old Testament, records information about the Jewish feast: Pentecost. Pentecost is also called the ‘Festival of Weeks’ as it was connected with the Jewish harvest festival ‘Shavuot’. Shavuot commemorates God giving the Torah (the first five books of the Old Testament which include the Ten Commandments) to Moses on Mount Sinai. Moses received the Torah fifty days after the Exodus (the release of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt). Jewish tradition teaches that King David was born and died on this day, and that Enoch was taken up to heaven on this day (Gen 5:24).
Learn more about Shavuot
To learn more about Shavuot, check out this interactive resource at
http://www.refuel.org.uk/jewish-way-of-life/jwol/
To find this section, you will need to click on the 'What We Do' button, and then the Time button on the top right hand side. Then go down and click on Festivals to find the link to Shavuot.
http://www.refuel.org.uk/jewish-way-of-life/jwol/
To find this section, you will need to click on the 'What We Do' button, and then the Time button on the top right hand side. Then go down and click on Festivals to find the link to Shavuot.
When do Jewish people celebrate Pentecost?
For Jews the feast of Pentecost takes place fifty days after the Passover Festival. The word Pentecost is a Greek term which means ‘the fiftieth’ day (after Passover).
When do Christians celebrate Pentecost?
For Christians, Pentecost occurs 50 days after Easter Sunday which remembers the Resurrection of Jesus.
For Jews the feast of Pentecost takes place fifty days after the Passover Festival. The word Pentecost is a Greek term which means ‘the fiftieth’ day (after Passover).
When do Christians celebrate Pentecost?
For Christians, Pentecost occurs 50 days after Easter Sunday which remembers the Resurrection of Jesus.
