And they were all (A)filled with the Holy Spirit and began to (B)speak with different [a]tongues, as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out.

Now there were Jews residing in Jerusalem, (C)devout men from every nation under heaven. And when (D)this sound occurred, the crowd came together and they were bewildered, because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own [b]language. (E)They were amazed and astonished, saying, “[c]Why, are not all these who are speaking (F)Galileans? And how is it that we each hear them in our own [d]language [e]to which we were born? Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, and (G)Cappadocia, (H)Pontus and [f](I)Asia, 10 (J)Phrygia and (K)Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya around (L)Cyrene, and [g](M)visitors from Rome, both Jews and [h](N)proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own [i]tongues of the mighty deeds of God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:4 Or languages
  2. Acts 2:6 Or dialect
  3. Acts 2:7 Lit Behold
  4. Acts 2:8 Or dialect
  5. Acts 2:8 Lit in
  6. Acts 2:9 I.e., west coast province of Asia Minor
  7. Acts 2:10 Lit the sojourning Romans
  8. Acts 2:10 I.e., Gentile converts to Judaism
  9. Acts 2:11 Or languages

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit(A) and began to speak in other tongues[a](B) as the Spirit enabled them.

Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing(C) Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. Utterly amazed,(D) they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?(E) Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,(F) Pontus(G) and Asia,[b](H) 10 Phrygia(I) and Pamphylia,(J) Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene;(K) visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:4 Or languages; also in verse 11
  2. Acts 2:9 That is, the Roman province by that name