Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 11Намуна

On Sunday 24 May AD 33, fifty days after the resurrection, the Holy Spirit anoints the Apostles with power. Supernaturally they speak in foreign languages and amazing works follow.

Note Acts 2:1: Pentecost in Greek is pentēkostē meaning the fiftieth day from the day they are told to bring the first fruits of barley into the Tabernacle. Leviticus 23:15–21 defines this as the day after the Sabbath. The Jews interpreted this as meaning 16 Nisan, the day after the special Sabbath on 15 Nisan. However Jesus rising on a Sunday makes Pentecost fall on a Sunday so God meant the fifty-day count to begin on the Sunday following Passover. The Old Testament calls this fiftieth day the Feast of Weeks to celebrate the wheat harvest. That day ‘about 3000 souls’ were baptized – the first fruits (Acts 2:41). It is interesting to note that an equivalent number of souls were executed at Mt. Horeb in 1491 BC for worshipping the golden calf (Exodus 32:28).