Acts 2:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

And they saw tongues, like flames of fire, coming to rest on every one of them.

Cross References

Genesis 11:6

And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.

Psalm 55:9

Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.

Jeremiah 23:29

Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?

Matthew 3:11

Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.

Luke 24:32

And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings?

Acts 1:15

And in those days Peter got up among the brothers there were about one hundred and twenty of them, and said,

Acts 2:11

Men of Crete and Arabia, to all of us they are talking in our different languages, of the great works of God.

Acts 2:2

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.

Acts 2:4

And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

1 Corinthians 12:10

And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.

Revelation 11:3

And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.

Revelation 14:6

And I saw another angel in flight between heaven and earth, having eternal good news to give to those who are on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and language and people,