Acts 2:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and rested on each one of them.

Cross References

Matthew 3:11

‘I baptise you with  water for repentance,  but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove  his sandals. He himself will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Jeremiah 23:29

‘Is not my word like fire’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘and like a hammer that pulverises rock?

Acts 2:4

Then they were all filled  with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues,  as the Spirit enabled them.

Luke 24:32

They said to each other, ‘Weren’t our hearts burning within us while he was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures  to us? ’

Genesis 11:6

The Lord said, ‘If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

Revelation 14:6

Then I saw another angel  flying high overhead,  with the eternal gospel to announce to the inhabitants of the earth #– #to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

1 Corinthians 12:10

to another, the performing of miracles;  to another, prophecy;  to another, distinguishing between spirits;  to another, different kinds of tongues;  to another, interpretation of tongues.

Acts 2:11

Cretans and Arabs #– #we hear them declaring the magnificent acts of God in our own tongues.’

Matthew 3:15

Jesus answered him, ‘Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfil all righteousness.’ Then John allowed him to be baptised.

Revelation 11:3

I will grant  my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.’

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed  among our members. It stains the whole body,  sets the course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said: Woe is me,  for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips and live among a people of unclean lips, and because my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Armies.

Acts 1:15

In those days Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters   #– #the number of people who were together was about a hundred twenty #– #and said,

Acts 2:2

Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind  came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying.