Pentecost
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- noun
- /ˈpɛntɪˌkɔst/
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Shavuot
- Families gather to celebrate Pentecost, remembering the moment when Moses received the Ten Commandments.
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Pentecost is observed on the sixth of Sivan and is a significant date in the Jewish calendar.
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Before Pentecost, the church did not yet exist, though there were essential elements.
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The first was the same given at Pentecost that expanded the intellect and enlightened any "man who is of the literal seed of Abraham.
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In his speech to the Jews on the day of Pentecost, Peter spoke of the throne of David and said, "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ."
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God of Shadrach, Meshach and the billy goat... ...who was in the fiery furnace that they barbecued... ...on the day of Pentecost when the Jewish people returned... ...from the Sabbath day up on the mountaintop in Ethiopia.
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In Judaism, Pentecost is celebrated as a holy day that commemorates the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai.
Synonyms
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A Jewish holiday that celebrates God giving the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai
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A Jewish holiday that remembers when Moses received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai
A Jewish holiday called Shavuot that remembers Moses receiving the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai
A Jewish festival in late spring that remembers Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai
A Jewish holiday that remembers Moses receiving the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pentecost also names the Jewish festival Shavuot in English and comes from the same Greek word meaning 'fiftieth'. The name fits because the celebration takes place fifty days after Passover and remembers the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.