Acts 2
The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one
place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came
from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came
to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy
Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled
them.
Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every
nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came
together inbewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in
his own language. Utterly amazed, they asked: "Are not all these
men who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us
hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes and
Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus
and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near
Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism);
Cretans and Arabs--we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our
own tongues!" Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, "What
does this mean?"
Some, however, made fun of them and said, "They have had too much
wine.