
1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all gathered together in one place.
Acts 2: 1
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. This voice filled the whole place where they were sitting.
Acts 2: 2
3 They saw something like burning flames. They all had different tongues and came down and stayed in front of every human being.
Acts 2: 3
4 And, behold, the Holy Ghost was in them, and they all began to speak with tongues. Because the Holy Spirit gave them the power to speak.
Acts 2: 4
5 At that time, there were many religious Jews living in Jerusalem. These people came here from all over the world.
Acts 2: 5
6 And great multitudes were gathered together, because they heard that it was so. They were amazed because they heard every believer speaking in his own language.
Acts 2: 6
7 All those Jews were amazed. They did not understand how they were able to do that. And they said, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
Acts 2: 7
8 How then do we all hear the language of our homeland? How is this possible? We are all from different places.
Acts 2: 8
9 We are Parthians, Medes, Elamites, Mesopotamians, Judeans, Cappadocians, Pontusians, and Asians.
Acts 2: 9
10 The inhabitants of Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and parts of Libya near Coreno. Here the Roman traveler, both Jewish and Jewish disciple.
Acts 2:10
11 Cretans and Arabs, all of whom we hear in our own language describing the great works of God. ”
Acts 2:11
12 Then all the people were amazed. They all asked each other, “What’s going on?”
Acts 2:12
13 But the rest laughed at the apostles and said, “They have drunk too much wine.”
Acts 2:13
