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The Holy Spirit Comes
On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one
place. 2 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a
mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. 3 Then, what
looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them.
2
And everyone present
4
was filled with the Holy Spirit
and began
speaking in other languages,
as the Holy Spirit
gave them this ability.
At that time there were devout Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem.
When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were
bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers.
7 They were completely amazed. “How can this be?” they exclaimed. “These
people are all from Galilee, 8 and yet we hear them speaking in our own native
languages! 9 Here we are—Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopo
tamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia, 10 Phrygia, Pamphylia,
Egypt, and the areas of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews
and converts to Judaism), Cretans, and Arabs. And we all hear these people
speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done!”
12 They stood there amazed and perplexed. “What can this mean?” they asked
each other.
13 But others in the crowd ridiculed them, saying, “They’re just drunk,
that’s all!”
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6
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‘In the last days,’ God says,
‘I will pour out my Spirit
upon all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy.
Your young men will see visions,
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Suddenly, there was
a sound from
heaven like the
roaring of a mighty
windstorm, and it
filled
the
house
where they
were sitting.
ACTS 2:2
Peter Preaches to the Crowd
14 Then Peter stepped forward with the eleven other apostles and shouted to
the crowd, “Listen carefully, all of you, fellow Jews and residents of Jerusalem!
Make no mistake about this. 15 These people are not drunk, as some of you are
assuming. Nine o’clock in the morning is much too early for that. 16 No, what
you see was predicted long ago by the prophet Joel:
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