Acts 2:3

World English Bible (2000)

Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.

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  • Matt 3:11 : 11 I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
  • John 1:32-33 : 32 John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him. 33 I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
  • Acts 2:11 : 11 Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!"
  • 1 Cor 12:10 : 10 and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
  • Rev 11:3 : 3 I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."
  • Rev 14:6 : 6 I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.
  • Matt 3:15 : 15 But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him.
  • Luke 24:32 : 32 They said one to another, "Weren't our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?"
  • Isa 11:2-3 : 2 The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh. 3 His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;
  • Jer 23:29 : 29 Isn't my word like fire? says Yahweh; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
  • Mal 3:2-3 : 2 "But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like launderer's soap; 3 and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
  • Gen 11:6 : 6 Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
  • Ps 55:9 : 9 Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, "Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!"
  • Acts 1:15 : 15 In these days, Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,

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  • Acts 2:4-8
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    4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

    5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.

    6 When this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.

    7 They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, "Behold, aren't all these who speak Galileans?

    8 How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?

  • Acts 2:1-2
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    1 Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.

    2 Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

  • Acts 2:11-14
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    11 Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!"

    12 They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this mean?"

    13 Others, mocking, said, "They are filled with new wine."

    14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, "You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

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

    45 They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles.

    46 For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

    47 "Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?"

  • Acts 11:15-16
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    15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.

    16 I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'

  • Acts 19:6
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    6 When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

  • Acts 8:17
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    17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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

    17 'It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.

  • Matt 3:16
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    16 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

  • Acts 4:31-32
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    31 When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

    32 The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

  • Acts 2:33
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    33 Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now 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. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."

    9 When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.

    10 While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,

  • John 1:32
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    32 John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.

  • Acts 1:4-5
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    4 Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, "Don't depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.

    5 For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

  • Acts 8:15
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    15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

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

  • Acts 2:43
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    43 Fear came on every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.

  • Ezek 1:25
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    25 There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

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

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

  • Mark 1:10
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    10 Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

  • Ezek 1:13
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    13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: [the fire] went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

  • Acts 15:8
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    8 God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.

  • Matt 17:3
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    3 Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.

  • Acts 1:2
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    2 until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

  • Luke 9:34
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    34 While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.

  • Acts 2:19
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    19 I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.

  • John 20:22
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    22 When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit!

  • Acts 19:2
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    2 He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They said to him, "No, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

  • 2 Kgs 2:11
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    11 It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

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

  • Luke 3:22
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    22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."

  • Acts 4:8
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    8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,