Acts 2:1-7 ▼

1 When Pentecost, the fiftieth day after Passover, came, all the believers were together in one place.

2 Suddenly, a sound like a violently blowing wind came from the sky and filled the whole house where they were staying.

3 Tongues that looked like fire appeared to them. The tongues arranged themselves so that one came to rest on each believer.

4 All the believers were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

5 Devout Jewish men from every nation were living in Jerusalem.

6 They gathered when they heard the wind. Each person was startled to recognize his own dialect when the disciples spoke.

7 Stunned and amazed, the people in the crowd said, |All of these men who are speaking are Galileans.