The term Pentecost comes from the Hebrew term ‘Shavuot’ which means seven weeks and it marks the 50th day after the Passover. For the Jews, it was a celebration of the wheat harvest.

In the bible, in the book of Acts (Chapter 2), Jesus has risen from the dead and ascended into heaven. He has told his disciples to wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit to come.

It is then, on the day of Pentecost, that the Holy Spirit fills the disciples and they begin to preach supernaturally in different languages. On that day, 3,000 people became followers of Jesus.