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Acts 2:2-7 in American Standard Version (1901)

2 And 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.
3 And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.
6 And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speaking in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying, Behold, are not all these that speak Galilæans?
Acts 2 in American Standard Version (1901)

Acts 2:2-7 in King James (Authorized) Version

2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilæans?
Acts 2 in King James (Authorized) Version

ACTS 2:2-7 in Revised Version with Apocrypha (1895)

2 And 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.
3 And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.
6 And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speaking in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and marveled, saying, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
ACTS 2 in Revised Version with Apocrypha (1895)

Acts 2:2-7 in Translation for Translators

2 Suddenly they heard a noise coming from the sky that sounded like a strong wind. Everyone in the entire house where they were sitting heard the noise.
3 Then they saw what looked like flames of fire. These flames separated from one another, and one of them came down on the head of each of the believers.
4 Then all of the believers were ◄completely controlled/empowered► by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit ◄completely controlled/empowered► all of the believers}, and he enabled them to begin speaking other languages MTY that they had not learned.
5 At that time many Jews were staying in Jerusalem to celebrate the Pentecost festival. They were people who always tried to obey the Jewish laws. They had come from many different HYP countries.
6 When they heard that loud noise like a wind, a crowd came together to the place where the believers were. The crowd ◄was amazed/did not know what to think►, because each of them was hearing one of the believers speaking in that person's own language.
7 They were completely amazed, and they said to each other, “All these men who are speaking have RHQ always resided in Galilee district, so they would not know our languages.
Acts 2 in Translation for Translators

Acts 2:2-7 in World English Bible with Deuterocanon

2 Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.
4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.
6 When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
7 They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans?
Acts 2 in World English Bible with Deuterocanon

Acts 2:2-7 in World English Bible (Catholic)

2 Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.
4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.
6 When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
7 They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans?
Acts 2 in World English Bible (Catholic)

Acts 2:2-7 in World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

2 Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.
4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.
6 When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
7 They were all amazed and marvelled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans?
Acts 2 in World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Acts 2:2-7 in Bible in Basic English

2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rushing of a violent wind, and all the house where they were was full of it.
3 And they saw tongues, like flames of fire, coming to rest on every one of them.
4 And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.
5 Now there were living at Jerusalem, Jews, God-fearing men, from every nation under heaven.
6 And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language.
7 And they were full of wonder and said, Are not all these men Galilaeans?
Acts 2 in Bible in Basic English

Acts 2:2-7 in Darby Translation

2 And there came suddenly a sound out of heaven as of a violent impetuous blowing, and filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared to them parted tongues, as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave to them to speak forth.
5 Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven.
6 But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.
7 And all were amazed and wondered, saying, Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans?
Acts 2 in Darby Translation

Acts 2:2-7 in Douay-Rheims 1899

2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared to them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them:
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak.
5 Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6 And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue.
7 And they were all amazed, and wondered, saying: Behold, are not all these, that speak, Galileans?
Acts 2 in Douay-Rheims 1899

Acts 2:2-7 in English Majority Text Version

2 And suddenly a sound came out of heaven, as being borne along by a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and rested on each one of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in different languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation of those under heaven.
6 And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because they were hearing each one speaking in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and were marveling, saying to one another, “Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
Acts 2 in English Majority Text Version

Acts 2:2-7 in The New Testament with Commentary

2 And 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.
3 Fiery tongues appeared and were distributed to them, and it a tongue landed on each one of them.
4 And they were all filled with Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages, as the Spirit was granting to them to speak out.
5 Now there were devout men, Jews, from every nation under heaven, dwelling in Jerusalem.
6 So when that roar occurred, the crowd came together, and was bewildered, because each one was hearing them speaking to him in his own dialect.
7 So they were amazed and marveled, saying to one another: “Hey, aren't all these who are speaking Galileans?
Acts 2 in The New Testament with Commentary

Acts 2:2-7 in Free Bible Version

2 Suddenly a noise came from heaven like a roaring wind that filled the whole house where they were staying.
3 They saw what looked like separate tongue-shaped flames that settled on each of them.
4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages as the Spirit gave them the ability to do so.
5 At that time there were devout Jews from every nation on earth living in Jerusalem.
6 When they heard this noise, a large crowd of them gathered. They were puzzled because everyone heard their own language being spoken.
7 They were totally amazed, saying, “Look, these people who are speaking—aren't they all Galileans?
Acts 2 in Free Bible Version

Acts 2:2-7 in Geneva Bible 1599

2 And suddenly there came a sounde from heauen, as of a russhing and mightie winde, and it filled all the house where they sate.
3 And there appeared vnto them clouen tongues, like fire, and it sate vpon eche of them.
4 And they were all filled with the holy Ghost, and began to speake with other tongues, as the Spirit gaue them vtterance.
5 And there were dwelling at Hierusalem Iewes, men that feared God, of euery nation vnder heauen.
6 Nowe when this was noised, the multitude came together and were astonied, because that euery man heard them speake his owne language.
7 And they wondered al, and marueiled, saying among themselues, Beholde, are not all these which speake, of Galile?
Acts 2 in Geneva Bible 1599

Acts 2:2-7 in KJV Cambridge Paragraph Bible

2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans?
Acts 2 in KJV Cambridge Paragraph Bible

Acts 2:2-7 in Nyangumarta English Bible

Acts 2:2-7 don't exist in Nyangumarta English Bible.
Acts 2 in Nyangumarta English Bible

Acts 2:2-7 in George Noyes Bible

2 And suddenly there came out of heaven a sound, as of a rushing mighty wind; and it filled the whole house where they were sitting;
3 and there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributing themselves; and one sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, even as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.
6 And when this sound took place, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because every one heard them speaking in his own language.
7 And they were amazed, and marveled, saying, Behold, are not all these who speak Galilaeans?
Acts 2 in George Noyes Bible

Acts 2:2-7 in Open English Bible (Commonwealth Spelling)

2 when suddenly there came from the heavens a noise like a strong wind rushing by; it filled the whole house in which they were sitting.
3 Then there appeared tongues of what seemed to be flame, separating, so that one settled on each of them;
4 and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in different languages as the Spirit prompted their utterances.
5 Now there were then staying in Jerusalem religious Jews from every country in the world;
6 and, when this sound was heard, numbers of people collected, in the greatest excitement, because each of them heard the disciples speaking in his own language.
7 They were utterly amazed, and kept asking in astonishment, “What! Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans?
Acts 2 in Open English Bible (Commonwealth Spelling)

Acts 2:2-7 in Open English Bible (U. S. spelling)

2 when suddenly there came from the heavens a noise like a strong wind rushing by; it filled the whole house in which they were sitting.
3 Then there appeared tongues of what seemed to be flame, separating, so that one settled on each of them;
4 and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in different languages as the Spirit prompted their utterances.
5 Now there were then staying in Jerusalem religious Jews from every country in the world;
6 and, when this sound was heard, numbers of people collected, in the greatest excitement, because each of them heard the disciples speaking in his own language.
7 They were utterly amazed, and kept asking in astonishment, “What! Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans?
Acts 2 in Open English Bible (U. S. spelling)

Acts 2:2-7 in Plain English Version

2 Suddenly there was a noise that came from the sky, like a strong wind blowing. Everyone in the house heard that noise.
3 Then they saw flames of fire that spread out and touched each person there.
4 The Holy Spirit went into all of them and they all began to talk in different languages. The Holy Spirit gave them power to talk these languages.
5 There were some Jews that were staying in Jerusalem at that time. They really respected God. They came from a lot of different countries.
6 They heard the noise and they crowded around that house. They heard Jesus’s followers talking in the languages of all their different countries, and they were really surprised.
7 They said, “These men are from Galilee,
Acts 2 in Plain English Version

Acts 2:2-7 in Tyndale New Testament

2 And sodenly ther cam a sounde from heaven as it had bene the comminge of a myghty wynde and it filled all the housse where they sate.
3 And ther appered vnto them cloven tonges lyke as they had bene fyre and it sate vpon eache of them:
4 and they were all filled with the holy goost and beganne to speake with other tonges even as the sprete gave them vtteraunce.
5 And ther were dwellinge at Ierusalem Iewes devoute men which were of all nacions vnder heaven.
6 When this was noysed aboute the multitude came to gether and were astonyed because that every man hearde the speake his awne tounge.
7 They wondred all and marveyled sayinge amonge them selves: Beholde are not all these which speake of Galile?
Acts 2 in Tyndale New Testament

Acts 2:2-7 in Unlocked Literal Bible

2 Suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3 There appeared to them tongues like fire that were distributed, and they sat upon each one of them.
4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them to speak.
5 Now there were Jews who were living in Jerusalem, godly men, from every nation under heaven.
6 When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and was confused because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
7 They were amazed and marveled; they said, “Really, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
Acts 2 in Unlocked Literal Bible

Acts 2:2-7 in World English Bible

2 Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.
4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.
6 When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
7 They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans?
Acts 2 in World English Bible

Acts 2:2-7 in World English Bible British Edition

2 Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.
4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.
6 When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
7 They were all amazed and marvelled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans?
Acts 2 in World English Bible British Edition

Acts 2:2-7 in Noah Webster Bible

2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared to them, cloven tongues as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because every man heard them speak in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed, and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these who speak Galileans?
Acts 2 in Noah Webster Bible

Acts 2:2-7 in World Messianic Bible

2 Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.
4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.
6 When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
7 They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans?
Acts 2 in World Messianic Bible

Acts 2:2-7 in World Messianic Bible British Edition

2 Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.
4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.
6 When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
7 They were all amazed and marvelled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans?
Acts 2 in World Messianic Bible British Edition

Deeds (Act) of Apostles 2:2-7 in Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

2 And suddenly there was made a sound from heaven, as of a great wind coming, and it filled all the house where they sat.
3 And diverse tongues or tongues diversely parted as fire appeared to them, and it sat on each of them.
4 And all were filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak in diverse languages or with diverse tongues, as the Holy Ghost gave to them to speak.
5 And there were in Jerusalem dwelling Jews, religious men, of each nation that is under heaven.
6 And when this voice was made, the multitude came together, and were astonied, or was confounded, in thought, for each man heard them speaking in his own language +or in his own tongue.
7 And all were astonied, and wondered, and said together, Whether not all these that speak be men of Galilee or be Galileans,

Deeds (Act) of Apostles 2:2-7 in Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling (Enhanced)

2 And suddenly there was made a sound from heaven (or from the heavens), as of a great wind coming, and it filled all the house where they sat.
3 And diverse tongues as (flames of) fire appeared to them or And tongues diversely parted as (flames of) fire appeared to them, and it sat on each of them.
4 And all were filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak in diverse languages or with diverse tongues, as the Holy Ghost gave to them to speak. (And all were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in different languages, which the Holy Spirit made them able to speak.)
5 And there were in Jerusalem dwelling Jews (or And there were Jews living in Jerusalem), religious men, of each nation that is under heaven.
6 And when this voice was made, the multitude came together, and were astonied, (or were astonished), or was confounded, in thought, (or And when this sound was made, the multitude came together, and were bewildered in their understanding), for each man heard them speaking in his own language +or in his own tongue.
7 And all were astonied (or astonished), and wondered, and said together, Whether not all these that speak be men of Galilee or Whether not all these that speak be Galileans,

Acts 2:2-7 in Young's Literal Translation

2 and there came suddenly out of the heaven a sound as of a bearing violent breath, and it filled all the house where they were sitting,
3 and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,
4 and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare.
5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation of those under the heaven,
6 and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,
7 and they were all amazed, and did wonder, saying one unto another, 'Lo, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?