Acts 2:3

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And tongues spreading out like a fire appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 3:11 : 11 “I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am– I am not worthy to carry his sandals! He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
  • John 1:32-33 : 32 Then John testified,“I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him. 33 And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me,‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining– this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.
  • Acts 2:11 : 11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
  • 1 Cor 12:10 : 10 to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell.
  • Rev 11:3 : 3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.”
  • Rev 14:6 : 6 Three Angels and Three Messages Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, and he had an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth– to every nation, tribe, language, and people.
  • Matt 3:15 : 15 So Jesus replied to him,“Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.
  • Luke 24:32 : 32 They said to each other,“Didn’t our hearts burn within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?”
  • Isa 11:2-3 : 2 The LORD’s Spirit will rest on him– a Spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a Spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a Spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the LORD. 3 He will take delight in obeying the LORD. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.
  • Jer 23:29 : 29 My message is like a fire that purges dross! It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the LORD, so affirm it!
  • Mal 3:2-3 : 2 Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. 3 He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the LORD a proper offering.
  • Gen 11:6 : 6 And the LORD said,“If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them.
  • Ps 55:9 : 9 Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 I said,“Woe to me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
  • Acts 1:15 : 15 In those days Peter stood up among the believers(a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

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  • Acts 2:4-8
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    4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.

    5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.

    6 When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

    7 Completely baffled, they said,“Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

    8 And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?

  • Acts 2:1-2
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    1 The Holy Spirit and the Day of Pentecost Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

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

  • Acts 2:11-14
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    11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”

    12 All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another,“What does this mean?”

    13 But others jeered at the speakers, saying,“They are drunk on new wine!”

    14 Peter’s Address on the Day of Pentecost But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them:“You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

  • Acts 10:44-47
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    44 The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.

    45 The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,

    46 for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

    47 “No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”

  • Acts 11:15-16
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    15 Then as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he did on us at the beginning.

    16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say,‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

  • Acts 19:6
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    6 and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

  • Acts 8:17
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    17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 2:16-17
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    16 But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:

    17 ‘And in the last days it will be,’ God says,‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

  • Matt 3:16
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    16 After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.

  • Acts 4:31-32
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    31 When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously.

    32 Conditions Among the Early Believers The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.

  • Acts 2:33
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    33 So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

  • Acts 1:8-10
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    8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.”

    9 After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.

    10 As they were still staring into the sky while he was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood near them

  • John 1:32
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    32 Then John testified,“I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.

  • Acts 1:4-5
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    4 While he was with them, he declared,“Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.

    5 For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

  • Acts 8:15
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    15 These two went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 22:55
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    55 When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.

  • Acts 2:43
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    43 Reverential awe came over everyone, and many wonders and miraculous signs came about by the apostles.

  • Ezek 1:25
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    25 Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still.

  • Acts 2:38
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    38 Peter said to them,“Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 13:52
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    52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

  • Mark 1:10
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    10 And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

  • Ezek 1:13
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    13 In the middle of the living beings was something like burning coals of fire or like torches. It moved back and forth among the living beings. It was bright, and lightning was flashing out of the fire.

  • Acts 15:8
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    8 And God, who knows the heart, has testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

  • Matt 17:3
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    3 Then Moses and Elijah also appeared before them, talking with him.

  • Acts 1:2
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    2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

  • Luke 9:34
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    34 As he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

  • Acts 2:19
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    19 And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

  • John 20:22
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    22 And after he said this, he breathed on them and said,“Receive the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 19:2
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    2 and said to them,“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They replied,“No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

  • 2 Kgs 2:11
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    11 As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot pulled by fiery horses appeared. They went between Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm.

  • Mark 9:4
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    4 Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

  • Luke 3:22
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    22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven,“You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight.”

  • Acts 4:8
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    8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,

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