#the pentecost

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Pentecost

Artist: El Greco (Greek, 1541-1614)

Date: c. 1600

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain

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The Pentecost Bernard van Orley⏤ c.1530

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Pentecost

Artist: Friar Juan Bautista Maíno (Spanish, 1581-1649)

Date: 1612-1614

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain

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The Pentecost

Artist: Antonio González Velázquez (Spanish, 1723–1793)

Date: 18th century

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Private collection

The Pentecost

Pentecost is significant in both the Old and New Testaments. “Pentecost” is actually the Greek name for a festival known in the Old Testament as the Feast of Weeks (Leviticus 23:15; Deuteronomy 16:9). The Greek word means “fifty” and refers to the fifty days that have elapsed since the wave offering of Passover. The Feast of Weeks celebrated the end of the grain harvest. Most interesting, however, is its use in Joel and Acts. Looking back to Joel’s prophecy (Joel 2:28–32) and forward to the promise of the Holy Spirit in Christ’s last words on earth before His ascension into heaven (Acts 1:8), Pentecost signals the beginning of the church age.

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Pentecost Grão Vasco⏤ c. 1530

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The Descent of the Holy Spirit Cornelis van Merlen⏤1680 Flemish School

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Pentecost Hans Memling⏤1823

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Agnolo Gaddi - Pentecoste. 1390 - 1395