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Shavuot and the Brass Plates


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Shavuot in Hebrew means "Weeks," the Feast of Weeks, but it is also called Pentecost, because it is 50 days after Passover.  And, of course, for Christians Pentecost is the day when the Holy Spirit fell upon the Christians gathered in Jerusalem (Acts 2).  It is one of the three Jewish pilgrimage festivals in Jerusalem.

As it happens, Jewish Pentecost-Shavuot begins tonight at dusk, and is over on Monday at dusk (June 8 - 10, 2019).

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On 6/8/2019 at 9:29 PM, Robert F. Smith said:

And, of course, for Christians Pentecost is the day when the Holy Spirit fell upon the Christians gathered in Jerusalem (Acts 2). 

Upon how many?  Only the apostles or also the 120 disciples mentioned in Acts 1:15?

Thanks,
Jim

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2 hours ago, theplains said:

Upon how many?  Only the apostles or also the 120 disciples mentioned in Acts 1:15?...........

The immediate number is not specified, but does seem limited.  However, then Peter quotes Joel:

“‘In the last days, God says,
    I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
    your young men will see visions,
    your old men will dream dreams.
18 Even on my servants, both men and women,
    I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
    and they will prophesy.
19 I will show wonders in the heavens above
    and signs on the earth below,
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.
20 The sun will be turned to darkness
    and the moon to blood
    before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
21 And everyone who calls
    on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

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