JTB.SDG
Puritan Board Junior
Pentecost happened 50 days (hence the name) after, it seems, the sabbath associated with the waving of the first fruits. The waving of the first fruits was explicitly said to be done "on the day after the sabbath" (Lev. 23:11) which would have always been a Sunday (pointing us to the significance of Christ's Sunday resurrection). Leviticus 23:15 says: "You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths. You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh sabbath. . ." It seems this is telling us Pentecost always took place on a Sunday--is that right?