Acts 2
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Acts 2:1-7

1WhenG1722 1the dayG2250 of PentecostG4005 2had comeG4845, they were allG3956 togetherG3674 in oneG846 place. 2And suddenlyG869 there cameG1096 from heavenG3772 a noiseG2279 likeG5618 a violentG972 rushingG5342 windG4157, and it filledG4137 3the wholeG3650 houseG3624 whereG3757 they were sittingG2521. 3And there appearedG3708 to them tonguesG1100 as of fireG4442 4distributingG1266 themselves, and 5they 6restedG2523 on eachG1538 oneG1520 of them. 4And they were allG3956 7filledG4092 with the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 and beganG757 to 8speakG2980 with otherG2087 9tonguesG1100, as the SpiritG4151 was givingG1325 them 10utteranceG669.

5NowG1161 there were JewsG2453 livingG2730 in JerusalemG2419, 11devoutG2126 menG435 from everyG3956 nationG1484 underG5259 heavenG3772. 6And when 12thisG3778 soundG5456 occurredG1096, the crowdG4128 cameG4905 togetherG4905, and were bewilderedG4797 becauseG3754 eachG1538 oneG1520 of them was hearingG191 them speakG2980 in his ownG2398 13languageG1258. 714They were amazedG1839 and astonishedG2296, sayingG3004, “15WhyG2400, are not allG3956 theseG3778 who are speakingG2980 16GalileansG1057?

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 2:1 Lev 23:15f; Acts 20:16; 1 Cor 16:8 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 2:1 Lit was being fulfilled ↩
  3. 3. Acts 2:2 Acts 4:31 ↩
  4. 4. Acts 2:3 Or being distributed ↩
  5. 5. Acts 2:3 Lit it ↩
  6. 6. Acts 2:3 Or sat ↩
  7. 7. Acts 2:4 Matt 10:20; Acts 1:5, 8; 4:8, 31; 6:3, 5; 7:55; 8:17; 9:17; 11:15; 13:9, 52 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 2:4 Mark 16:17; 1 Cor 12:10f; 14:21 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 2:4 Or languages ↩
  10. 10. Acts 2:4 Or ability to speak out ↩
  11. 11. Acts 2:5 Luke 2:25; Acts 8:2 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 2:6 Acts 2:2 ↩
  13. 13. Acts 2:6 Or dialect ↩
  14. 14. Acts 2:7 Acts 2:12 ↩
  15. 15. Acts 2:7 Lit Behold ↩
  16. 16. Acts 2:7 Matt 26:73; Acts 1:11 ↩

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