Acts 2:1-12 NIV
1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all
together in one place.
2 Suddenly a sound like the
blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole
house where they were sitting.
3 They saw what seemed to be
tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
4 All of them were filled with
the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit
enabled them.
5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from
every nation under heaven.
6 When they heard this sound, a
crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them
speaking in his own language.
7 Utterly amazed, they asked:
"Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?
8 Then how is it that each of
us hears them in his own native language?
9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites;
residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt
and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome
11 (both Jews and converts to
Judaism); Cretans and Arabs-we hear them declaring the wonders of
God in our own tongues!"
12 Amazed and perplexed, they
asked one another, "What does this mean?"
