The Festival of Weeks^(A)

¹⁵ “‘From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks.

¹⁶ Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath,^(A) and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord.

¹⁶ Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus^(A) to avoid spending time in the province of Asia,^(B) for he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem,^(C) if possible, by the day of Pentecost.^(D)

⁸ But I will stay on at Ephesus^(A) until Pentecost,^(B)