Acts 2:3 - English Standard Version 2016

³ And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And there appeared to them tongues resembling fire, which were separated and distributed and which settled on each one of them.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.

Common English Bible

³ They saw what seemed to be individual flames of fire alighting on each one of them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And there appeared to them separate tongues, as if of fire, which settled upon each one of them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And there appeared to them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them:

Acts 2:3 Cross References

Genesis 11:6

And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

Psalm 55:9

Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.

Isaiah 6:5

And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Jeremiah 23:29

Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.

Luke 24:32

They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?”

Acts 1:15

In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said,

Acts 2:11

both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”

Acts 2:2

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

Acts 2:4

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

1 Corinthians 12:10

to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

Revelation 11:3

And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Revelation 14:6

Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.