Table of Contents

The Temple: Its Ministry and Services
Alfred Edersheim

Chapter 13
The Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Day of Pentecost

• The Feast of Unleavened Bread --Duration of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and origin of its name--The Passover a remembrance of Israel's deliverance from bondage, rather than of that bondage
• The First Day of the Feast --Observance of the 15th Nisan--Offerings for that day--The Chagigah
• The Day of Our Lord's Betrayal --The Lord's betrayal into the hands of the Gentiles
• The Arrest of Our Lord --His condemnation by the Sanhedrim
• The Darkness --The death on the Cross about the time the evening incense was offered
• The Sheaf of Firstfruits --At the time of the descent from the Cross a procession across Kedron to prepare for cutting down the Passover sheaf--By whom, where, and with what formalities this was done
• 'The Morrow After the Sabbath' --How the omer was prepared for presentation on the 16th Nisan in the Temple
• The Last Day of the Passover --The last day of the Passover--The intervening days, or Moed Katon
• Pentecost --The Feast of Pentecost--Its historical reference--Various names of the feast--Its observance in the Temple--Sacrifices--The 'Hallel' chanted to the accompaniment of the flute
• The Two Wave-loaves --The presentation of the two wave-loaves with their accompanying sacrifices--How the wave-loaves had been prepared--Their shape and weight
• The Wave-loaves Were Leavened --Why these loaves were leavened--The waving of the two live lambs--Conclusion of the services
• The Later Significance of Pentecost --Meaning of the Feast of Pentecost--The outpouring of the Holy Spirit.