For Christians, Pentecost celebrates the descent of the Holy
Spirit upon the apostles. The event, recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, occurs
50 days after Easter.
Read the story of Pentecost for yourself and reflect upon
what the coming of the Holy Spirit means to you.
“When the day of Pentecost came, all the believers were
gathered together in one place. Suddenly there was a noise from the sky which
sounded like a strong wind blowing, and it filled the whole house where they
were sitting. Then they saw what looked like tongues of fire which spread out
and touched each person there. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and
began to talk in other languages, as the Spirit enabled them to speak.
There were Jews living in Jerusalem, religious people who
had come from every country in the world. When they heard this noise, a large
crowd gathered. They were all excited, because all of them heard the believers
talking in their own languages. In amazement and wonder they exclaimed, “These
people who are talking like this are Galileans! How is it, then, that all of us
hear them speaking in our own native languages? We are from Parthia, Media, and
Elam; from Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia; from Pontus and Asia, from
Phrygia and Pamphylia, from Egypt and the regions of Libya near Cyrene. Some of
us are from Rome, both Jews and Gentiles converted to Judaism, and some of us
are from Crete and Arabia—yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages
about the great things that God has done!” Acts 2.1-11 (GNT)
