Acts 2:3
Verse 3 of 47. The 2nd of 28 chapters in Acts.
1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilæans?
Acts 2:3 in the World English Bible
Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.Read Acts 2:3 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Acts 2:3
They saw cloven tongues, like as of fire (v. 3), and it sat—ekathise, not they sat, those cloven tongues, but he, that is the Spirit (signified thereby), rested upon each of them, as he is said to rest upon the prophets of old. Or, as Dr.
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