Acts 2:1–11

PENTECOST

2When the day of Pentecost had arrived, they were all together in one place.^{a 2}Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind^b came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying.^{c 3}They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and rested on each one of them. ⁴Then they were all filled^d with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them.^e

⁵Now there were Jews staying in Jerusalem, devout people from every nation^f under heaven. ⁶When this sound occurred, a crowd came together and was confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language. ⁷They were astounded and amazed, saying,^E “Look, aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?^{g 8}How is it that each of us can hear them in our own native language? ⁹Parthians, Medes, Elamites; those who live in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,^{h 10}Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts),^{i 11}Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the magnificent acts of God in our own tongues.”