Devine Scripture

Acts 2:3

Acts chapter 2 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.

Context

v.2And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

v.3This passage

v.4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 11:2

    And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.

  • Luke 24:32

    And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?

  • 1 Corinthians 12:10

    and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits: to another divers kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues:

  • Revelation 14:6

    And I saw another angel flying in mid heaven, having eternal good tidings to proclaim unto them that dwell on the earth, and unto every nation and tribe and tongue and people;

  • John 1:32

    And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven; and it abode upon him.

  • Jeremiah 23:29

    Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?