Acts 2:1–11

Coming of the Holy Spirit

2When ^athe Day of Pentecost had fully come, ^bthey were all ¹with one accord in one place. ²And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and ^cit filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³Then there appeared to them ²divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. ⁴And ^dthey were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began ^eto speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

The Crowd’s Response

⁵And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, ^fdevout men, from every nation under heaven. ⁶And when this sound occurred, the ^gmultitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. ⁷Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak ^hGalileans? ⁸And how is it that we hear, each in our own ³language in which we were born? ⁹Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and ⁱCappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, ¹¹Cretans and ⁴Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.”