²And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like ga mighty rushing wind, and hit filled the entire house where they were sitting. ³And divided tongues ias of fire appeared to them and rested1 on each one of them. ⁴And they were all jfilled with the Holy Spirit and began kto speak in other tongues las the Spirit gave them utterance.

⁵Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶And mat this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. ⁷And nthey were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking oGalileans? ⁸And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? ⁹Parthians and pMedes and qElamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, ¹¹both Jews and rproselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” ¹²And sall were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” ¹³But others tmocking said, “They are filled with new wine.”

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