Acts 2:1–11

The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost

When the day of Pentecost^a came, they were all together^b in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.^c They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit^d and began to speak in other tongues^e as the Spirit enabled them.

Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing^f Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. Utterly amazed,^g they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?^h Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,ⁱ Pontus^j and Asia,^k Phrygia^l and Pamphylia,^m Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene;ⁿ visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”