What is Pentecost? One of the major feasts in the Jewish calendar, Pentecost was celebrated fifty days after the Passover. It was a way for the Jews to thank God for their crops. After the resurrection of Jesus, this feast would be celebrated much differently for Christians. In the book of Acts chapter 2 we find Peter, one of Jesus' disciples, in Jerusalem. He and other early church members were in Jerusalem to celebrate Pentecost. When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one … [Read more...]