Acts 2:2-12

2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues^[a] as the Spirit enabled them.

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

6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken.

7 Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language?

9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,^[b]

10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome

11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”

12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

Cross References

• 1. Acts 4:31
• 2. S Luke 1:15
• 3. S Mark 16:17; 1 Corinthians 12:10
• 4. Luke 2:25; Acts 8:2
• 5. ver 12
• 6. Acts 1:11
• 7. 1 Peter 1:1
• 8. Acts 18:2; 1 Peter 1:1
• 9. Acts 16:6; Acts 19:10; Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:19; 2 Corinthians 1:8; Revelation 1:4
• 10. Acts 16:6; Acts 18:23
• 11. Acts 13:13; Acts 14:24; Acts 15:38
• 12. S Matthew 27:32

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "languages" ; also in verse 11
• [b]. That is, the Roman province by that name