Pentecost
Shavon Gardner, 17, prays as she sings with the Redeemed Christian Church of God youth choir at Redemption Camp in Floyd, Texas, June 17, 2009. Reuters

Pentecost is one of the most prominent feast days in the Christian calendar. It is often referred to as the "birthday of the church." It is the day when Christians around the world celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit.

The story of the Pentecost, which is marked 50 days after Easter, is recounted in the Book of Acts. The Old Testament says Pentecost was one of the Jewish feast days, however they did not call it Pentecost, which is a Greek name. The Jews called it the "Feast of Harvest" or the "Feast of Weeks."

Pentecost is also celebrated in beginning of the early wheat harvest season, which meant that it always fell sometime during the middle of the month of May or sometimes in early June, according to Jesus.org.

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Pentecost is the day when the Holy Spirit entered a room holding Christ's apostles and entered each of them. It is referred to in Acts 2:1–40 of the Bible, according to the Christian Post.

Here are 10 Bible verses about Pentecost.

1. When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. — Acts 2:1-47

2. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. — John 14:26

3. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” — Romans 10:13

4. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you. — Deuteronomy 16:16-17

5. You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year's end. — Exodus 34:22

6. And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. — Acts 2:38

7. You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, of the first fruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor. — Exodus 23:16

8. But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost. — 1 Corinthians 16:8

9. But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. — 1 Timothy 5:8

10. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. — John 3:16

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