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Acts 2:1-10
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On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place.
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Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting.
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Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them.
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And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.
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At that time there were devout Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem.
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When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers.
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They were completely amazed. “How can this be?” they exclaimed. “These people are all from Galilee,
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and yet we hear them speaking in our own native languages!
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Here we are—Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia,
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Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the areas of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome
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[a].
The Festival of Pentecost came 50 days after Passover (when Jesus was crucified).
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Or in other tongues.
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