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Acts 2:2-14

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2And suddenly a roar came out of the sky, like the rushing of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3Fiery tongues appeared and were distributed to them, and it a tongue landed on each one of them.
4And they were all filled with Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages, as the Spirit was granting to them to speak out.
5Now there were devout men, Jews, from every nation under heaven, dwelling in Jerusalem.
6So when that roar occurred, the crowd came together, and was bewildered, because each one was hearing them speaking to him in his own dialect.
7So they were amazed and marveled, saying to one another: “Hey, aren't all these who are speaking Galileans?
8So how can each of us be hearing our own dialect in which we were born?
9Parthians and Medes and Elamites; those dwelling in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,
10in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene; and visitors from Rome—both Jews and proselytes—
11Cretans and Arabians; we hear them declaring the great works of God in our own languages.”
12Yes they were all amazed and perplexed, saying one to another, “Whatever is going on?”
13But different ones were jeering, saying, “They are full of sweet wine!”
14So Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and proclaimed to them: “Men—Jews and all who are dwelling in Jerusalem—let this be known to you; indeed, listen to my speech!

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