Waiting

This Sunday is the celebration of the day of Pentecost on the Christian and Jewish calendar.

Pentecost was not originally a Christian holiday. It was a Jewish festival called the Feast of Weeks and was celebrated 50 days after Passover. Because it is a Jewish festival, Jerusalem would have been filled with Jews visiting from many different nations. We will see that this is a crucial detail on Friday.

Today’s passage takes us back to just before Jesus’ ascension when Jesus tells His disciples that they should return to Jerusalem and wait for the Holy Spirit to arrive.