Acts 2:1-13
The Holy Spirit and the Day of Pentecost
2:1 Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.
2:2 Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting.
2:3 And tongues spreading out like a fire appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them.
2:4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.
2:5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.
2:6 When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
2:7 Completely baffled, they said, “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?
2:8 And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?
2:9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia,
2:10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,
2:11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
2:12 All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”
2:13 But others jeered at the speakers, saying, “They are drunk on new wine!”