Acts 2:2-9

²Suddenly there was a noise that came from the sky, like a strong wind blowing. Everyone in the house heard that noise.

³Then they saw flames of fire that spread out and touched each person there.

⁴The 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.

⁵There were some Jews that were staying in Jerusalem at that time. They really respected God. They came from a lot of different countries.

⁶They 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.

⁷They said, “These men are from Galilee,

⁸so how come we can hear them talking in our own languages?

⁹Some of us were born Jews and some of us became Jews later. We are from a lot of different countries, and we can hear them talking the languages of these countries. Some of us are from Parthia, and some from Media, and some from Elam, and some from Mesopotamia, and some from Judea, and some from Cappadocia, and some from Pontus, and some from Asia, and some from Phrygia, and some from Pamphylia, and some from Egypt, and some from places in Libya near Cyrene, and some of us are from Crete, and some of us are from Arabia, and some of us are visiting from Rome. But all of us can hear these people talking in our own languages. They are talking about the wonderful things that God does.”