Acts 2:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.”
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“They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 2:3 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 11:6And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
- Psalms 55:9O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
- Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
- Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 23:29“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
- Malachi 3:2But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
- Matthew 3:11I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- Matthew 3:15“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
- Luke 24:32They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
- John 1:32Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.
- Acts 1:15In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty) and said,
- Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
- Acts 2:11both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
- 1 Corinthians 12:10to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
- James 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
- Revelation 11:3And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
- Revelation 14:6Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.
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