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Why did the Spirit come during Shavuot, or Pentecost?

Part of a series: questions that make more sense when the Tanakh and the New Testament are read together.

Fifty days after Passover, Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah at Sinai (Leviticus 23:15–21) — and fifty days after the resurrection, the Spirit falls on the exact same feast day (Acts 2).

Coincidence, or is the timing itself making a claim?

  • Leviticus 23:15–21
  • Acts 2

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