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Acts 2:3

The Holy Spirit

1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

2 Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

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BSB
They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
KJV
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
WEB
Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.
ASV
And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.
DARBY
And there appeared to them parted tongues, as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them.
BLB
And there appeared to them dividing tongues as of fire, and they sat upon each one of them.
ÅB
Og det viste seg for dem tunger slik som av ild, som skilte seg og satte seg på enhver av dem.
OTB
De så noe som lignet ildtunger som delte seg og satte seg på hver enkelt av dem.
B1930
Og det viste sig for dem tunger likesom av ild, som skilte sig og satte sig på enhver av dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 3:11

    I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

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  • John 1:32–33

    Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.

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  • Jeremiah 23:29

    “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”

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  • Acts 2:4

    And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

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  • Isaiah 11:2–3

    The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

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  • Luke 24:32

    They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

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  • 1 Corinthians 12:10

    to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.

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  • Genesis 11:6

    And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.

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