The Feast of Shavu’ot

Our Pentecost has amazing roots in the Old Testament. Pentecost comes from the Greek word ‘pentekosta’, which means 50. On the day that the Holy Spirit was poured into the hearts of those people in Jerusalem, the Feast of Weeks was being celebrated in the city. Thousands of people from different countries had come to Jerusalem for the feast. Not for Pentecost, as we know it, for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit was yet to come.