Yes, dtilque, it actually does.
It requires reading (in the right place) and a little simple math. And you will quickly recognize that when you see it. And this in no way implies idiocy on your part; sometimes we just need a little help to find what we are looking for (in future, you could use a good concordance, or BAG, TDOT, BDB, or any one of several more widely known and highly respected biblical reference works that are usually available at your local library or university; the internet also has many free bible search sites now, and some of those tools are available on them as well).
The short answer: Yes, the bible says that Pentecost/Feast of Weeks was on a Sunday, and further that it has been on a Sunday every year for 3400+ years, and will continue to be every year until the last day, the end of the earth/world, the day of judgment. Where does it say that? Lev 23.15-16, et al. (probably ought to move this to the top where you can see it right off, then wade through the rest if you like)
For perhaps the best and clearest example, look at Leviticus 23, beginning at verse 15 and ending at verse 16 (Lev 23.15-16).
Actually, as I look back at this particular reference, it’s even clearer than the one I had in mind that required math; this one requires no more than a simple straight forward reading!
The “Feast of Weeks” was one of the three great annual festivals at which all Israelites were required by God (Mosaic Law) to go up to the temple in Jerusalem and offer various sacrifices, every year. More on this below.
The “Passover” was the first of these great feasts every year. It began on the 14th day of the first month (according to the Hebrew reckoning derived from God’s word). The first week of every year ended with a Sabbath (the 7th day), as did the second week (the 14th was also a Sabbath 7 days later).
The “Feast of Weeks” is also called Pentecost. Greek began to become more common and was widely used for speaking and writing from c. 300 BC (more so as time drew near to the time of Christ). Prior to ~250 BC a Greek translation of the Bible was produced commonly referred to as the Septuagint or LXX (note, the Greek translation was extant long before Christ was born, died, was buried, raised again, or the day of Pentecost on which the church/NC was established). That translation already has the word (actually a very similar form of the word, derived from the same root and having the same meaning) Pentecost. Pentecost is derived from the Greek, “pentekonta hemeras” meaning literally “fifty days.” If the board supports a Greek font, you could see it in Greek, but that is not so important to the point.
Anyway, the text (whether in the original Hebrew, in Greek, in English, or any other translation) clearly says that they were to count 50 days after the day the Passover began. The Passover always begins on a Sabbath. From the following day, count 7 full weeks of 7 days (49 days) and you are back to the Sabbath. Add another day for the 50th day. You are now at the day to celebrate the “Feast of Weeks,” which was always on the 1st day of the week rather than the 7th. The text says clearly “count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath…” So even if you were bad at math, you could still get it right by knowing it was the day after the Sabbath or the first day of the week (also referred to as the eighth day, the Lord’s Day, and now most commonly called Sunday).
And this is always true because it was reckoned most specifically in days (and according to 7 day weeks).
The OC Feast of Weeks, always celebrated on Sunday, was intended as a shadow or type of things to come in the NC and later still in heaven as were so many other things first revealed then but revealed more clearly now (type/antitype – shadow*/seen more clearly – the passover lamb was a shadow or type of Jesus the Lamb of God, the Christ, the Saviour, the Messiah; if your door posts were covered in the blood of the lamb, those inside would be saved from the defeat/destruction of death – that was another shadow/type of the Lamb of God, those covered in the blood of the Lamb, those that are “in” Christ will be saved from the defeat/destruction of death, and it goes on and on; there are many dozens, hundreds of these shadow/seen more clearly, type/antitype analogous relationships between people and events of the OC and the NC.
You’ve already received another response to your Q from John. I say that his answer is not only inadequate and incomplete, but also wrong in some regards. I suggest you look to the book (like Jesus said) and be more like the Bereans (Acts 17.10-11) rather than just listening to me or any other man that claims or pretends to know the things of God. Nothing wrong with giving men a listen, but you need to then compare what they say with what God said (wrote).
This is one of the main problems with any and all religions today (including, most importantly, Christianity), too many people are listening more or only to the teachings of men and holding them in higher regard than the teachings of God, and not comparing the teachings heard from men to the teachings of God (the written word of God in the Bible). And that is a big no no (e.g., Judges 17.6, 21.25; 2 Ki 22.8-13; 2 Ch 34.14-33; Mt 15.6b-9; Mk 7.7-9,13; Acts 17. 10-11; et many many al)
The short answer: Yes, the bible says that Pentecost/Feast of Weeks was on a Sunday, and further that it has been on a Sunday every year for 3400+ years, and will continue to be every year until the last day, the end of the earth/world, the day of judgment. Where does it say that? Lev 23.15-16, et al. (probably ought to move this to the top where you can see it right off, then wade through the rest if you like)
*shadow – The concept can perhaps be better understood as foreshadow or foreshadowing or forerunner or inkling or precedent (albeit somewhat veiled, not yet clearly seen or understood at its earlier viewing.
Take for example the Pharaoh who dreamed but could not understand its meaning. All of the info was there but he just couldn’t see it or understand it clearly, the ultimate meaning was there but veiled. Joseph then came along having a clearer knowledge of God’s word, meaning, and purpose and was able to make the meaning far clearer to Pharaoh.
This is how the NC compares to the OC – more info, made clearer.
There is also a nifty little ditty that those interested may want to commit to memory, if you haven’t already:
The new is in the old contained and the old is in the new explained. (new = new covenant, NC; old = old covenant, OC)
Again, there is more – but that oughta do; it’s way more than enough :smack:
PS – John did get the Hebrew name of the Feast of Weeks/Pentecost right (it is actually “[hag ha] shavuot” when transliterated; also note that vowels were/are not written in biblical Hebrew, we do some “fairly educated guessing” on those following the diacritical marks/vowel “points” assigned by the very rigorous masoretic scribes).
But with regard to “Easter,” he missed the boat. Neither the word “Easter,” nor any form of it exists in the original Greek of the NC (or the Hebrew of the OC for that matter). It is an addition, a scribal insertion, based on tradition, not scripture, and found among major English translations only in the KJV (and perhaps NKJV, both being based on what would come to be known as the Textus Receptus (TR, or “received text” tradition). The KJV relies far more on the Latin Vulgate than the Greek documents. But then, many more Greek documents are more readily available now than there were then.
Christians celebrate the first day of the week (and the resurrection of Christ among other thiings) not just once a year, but 52x, every first day of the week.
I find that some biblical topics have been dealt with in a fair and balanced fashion with some answers even being pretty right on (albeit those may have been by “guest responders”), but I was a little surprised by your response at:
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