why was the day of pentecost 50 days after the death of Jesus?

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Answer 1

A name used in the Christian Greek Scriptures to denote the Festival of Harvest (Ex 23:16) or Festival of Weeks (Ex 34:22), called also “the day of the first ripe fruits.” (Nu 28:26) Instructions for this festival are found at Leviticus 23:15-21; Numbers 28:26-31; Deuteronomy 16:9-12. It was to be celebrated on the 50th day (Pentecost means “Fiftieth [Day]”) from Nisan 16, the day that the barley sheaf was offered. (Le 23:15, 16) In the Jewish calendar it falls on Sivan 6. It was after the barley harvest and the beginning of the harvest of wheat, which ripened later than the barley.—Ex 9:31, 32.
The Israelites were not allowed to begin the harvest until the firstfruits of the barley had been presented to Jehovah on Nisan 16. Therefore, in Deuteronomy 16:9, 10 the instructions are: “From when the sickle is first put to the standing grain you will start to count seven weeks. Then you must celebrate the festival of weeks to Jehovah your God.” Every male was required to attend, and it is also stated in connection with this festival: “You must rejoice before Jehovah your God, you and your son and your daughter and your man slave and your slave girl and the Levite who is inside your gates and the alien resident and the fatherless boy and the widow, who are in your midst, in the place that Jehovah your God will choose to have his name reside there.” (De 16:11) The Passover was a close family observance. The Festival of Harvest, or Pentecost, called for a more open and hospitable liberality, in this sense resembling the Festival of Booths.
The firstfruits of the wheat harvest were to be treated differently from the barley firstfruits. Two tenths of an ephah of fine wheat flour (4.4 L; 4 dry qt) along with leaven was to be baked into two loaves. They were to be “out of your dwelling places,” which meant that they were to be loaves like those made for the daily use of the household and not expressly for holy purposes. (Le 23:17) Burnt offerings and a sin offering went along with this, and as a communion offering two male lambs. The priest waved the loaves and the lambs before Jehovah by putting his hands underneath the loaves and the pieces of the lambs and waving them back and forth, signifying that they were presented before Jehovah. After the loaves and the lambs were offered, they became the priest’s for him to eat as a communion offering.—Le 23:18-20.
There is a slight difference in description of the other offerings (aside from the communion offering) in the account at Numbers 28:27-30. Instead of seven lambs, one young bull, two rams, and one kid of the goats, as at Leviticus 23:18, 19, it calls for seven lambs, two young bulls, one ram, and one kid of the goats. Jewish commentators say that the passage in Leviticus refers to the sacrifice to accompany the wave loaves, and the one in Numbers to the properly appointed sacrifice of the festival, so that both were offered. Supporting this, Josephus, in describing the sacrifices on Pentecost day, first mentions the two lambs of the communion offering, then combines the remaining offerings, enumerating three calves, two rams (evidently a transcriber’s error for three), 14 lambs, and two kids. (Jewish Antiquities, III, 253 [x, 6]) The day was a holy convention, a sabbath day.—Le 23:21; Nu 28:26.
The Festival of Pentecost came at the end of the barley harvest and was a time of rejoicing, as is indicated by the communion offering that was presented by the congregation and was given to the priest. This offering would also denote peaceful fellowship with Jehovah. At the same time the sin offering reminded the Israelites of sin on their part and was a petition to God for forgiveness and cleansing. The increased burnt offering served as a practical expression of their gratitude for His bountifulness as well as a symbol of their wholeheartedness in carrying out their covenant relationship with God.
Not only was it specially appropriate for Israel to offer thanks to Jehovah on this day but they also were not to forget their poor brothers. After giving instructions on the festival, Jehovah commanded: “And when you people reap the harvest of your land, you must not do completely the edge of your field when you are reaping, and the gleaning of your harvest you must not pick up. You should leave them for the afflicted one and the alien resident. I am Jehovah your God.” (Le 23:22) Thus, the poor would have real incentive for thanking the Lord and enjoying the festival along with all others. There would also be many personal offerings of the firstfruits of the harvest during this festival.
According to rabbinic sources, after the exile the participants in the festival customarily went up to Jerusalem the day previous to its commencement and there prepared everything necessary for its observance. In the evening the blasts of the trumpets announced the approach of the festival day. (Nu 10:10) The altar of burnt sacrifice was cleansed, and the gates of the temple were opened immediately after midnight for the priests and so that the people who brought the sacrifices for burnt offerings and for thanksgiving offerings to the court could have them examined by the priests. Alfred Edersheim comments: “Before the morning sacrifice all burnt- and peace-offerings which the people proposed to bring at the feast had to be examined by the officiating priesthood. Great as their number was, it must have been a busy time, till the announcement that the morning glow extended to Hebron put an end to all such preparations, by giving the signal for the regular morning sacrifice.”—The Temple, 1874, p. 228.
After the regular daily morning sacrifice was offered, the festive sacrifices described in Numbers 28:26-30 were brought. Afterward came the offering peculiar to Pentecost—the wave loaves with their accompanying sacrifices. (Le 23:18-20) After the loaves were waved, one of them was taken by the high priest, and the second was divided among all the officiating priests.

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Answer 2

This is a very good study: The 50 th yr in the O. T. was a year.,
That all debts were canceled,all Land returned to its original owener, All servants could go free,God knew A people could only carry just so much debt.Then it was Time for another Person to have his turn,Also at Passover (First Fruit) Priest waved one Sheve before the Lord. No Leven allowed, a picture of no Sin. On Pentecost, Two Loves with Leven We are not perfect,I needed Him.
A Picture of the Church.Also this would Be Harvest time.
The Holy Spirit came on that day,He sets People Free from Addictions, Habits are easy broken on that day,If you have a Habit that is Killing You ask God to break its Hold on You ,that Day.It is a Great Day to join a local ,Bible beliveing Church,You are Needed. Also the Law was handed to Moses on Pentecost. There have been 40 ------50 yr.(jubilees) since Jesus went away for a little While.

Answer 3

Pentecost is a Jewish holiday, 50 days after Passover. To complete the fulfillment of the Jewish feasts, Jesus told the disciples to wait until the Spirit comes.

For the Jews, it was known as the Feast of Weeks, a one day observance supplemental to Passover.

The Holy Ghost came on Pentecost, 50 days after Passover, and 10 days after Jesus' Ascension into heaven.

Answer 4

Pentecost is an old Jewish feast which celebrates the harvest. It occurs 50 days after Passover.
Since Jesus died during Passover, we remember Pentecost as when He gave us His Holy Spirit, 50 days later.

Answer 5

We(at least Catholics) have 40 days of Lent preceding Jesus' passion, which are somber and a time of fasting, however, we add 10 days for the joyous Easter season because we are reminded that the good times will outlast the bad.

Does this have anything to do, with why the days were actually chosen, no not really look at the above answers for that.

Answer 6

Jesus had resurrected and gone back to His Father. Before He was crucified He told the disciples that He would send a "helper" which is the Holy Spirit. The reason He did not give the Holy Spirit immediately to them, I believe is because in the first book of Acts- He told his disciples to wait for the outpouring of His Spirit. While they were praying, and waiting and trusting the Holy Spirit came upon them

Answer 7

Because that's the definition of the word "pentecost" which means "fiftieth" in the Greek language.