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Pentecost

Pentecost is dated AD 30–33 in the Modern reckoning and AD 30 in the Traditional. It is told in Acts 2:1. Simon Peter is part of it.

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

Acts 2:1 BSB
  1. a That is, Shavuot, the late spring feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; it is also known as the Feast of Harvest (see Exodus 23:16) or the Feast of Weeks (see Exodus 34:22).

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning
AD 30–33
Traditional reckoning
AD 30
How it's dated
the same year as the cross

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Sources: Theographic event 308.

Where is it in the Bible?

Who was there, and where?

Where: Jerusalem.

Which verses connect to Acts 2:1?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

  1. Romans 15:626 votes

    so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  2. Philippians 2:216 votes

    then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.

  3. Acts 1:13–1513 votes

    When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. …

  4. Philippians 1:279 votes

    Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending together as one for the faith of the gospel,

  5. 1 Corinthians 16:87 votes

    But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

  6. Zephaniah 3:96 votes

    For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.