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Acts 2:3

The Holy Spirit

1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of 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 indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

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  • John 1:32–33

    And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

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  • Jeremiah 23:29

    Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

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  • Acts 2:4

    And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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  • Isaiah 11:2–3

    And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

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  • Luke 24:32

    And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

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  • 1 Corinthians 12:10

    To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

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  • Genesis 11:6

    And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

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