Acts 2:3

Good News Translation (US Version)

Then they saw what looked like tongues of fire which spread out and touched each person there.

Cross References

Matthew 3:11

I baptize you with water to show that you have repented, but the one who will come after me will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. He is much greater than I am; and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals.

Jeremiah 23:29

My message is like a fire and like a hammer that breaks rocks in pieces.

Acts 2:4

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to talk in other languages, as the Spirit enabled them to speak.

Luke 24:32

They said to each other, “Wasn't it like a fire burning in us when he talked to us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?”

Genesis 11:6

and he said, “Now then, these are all one people and they speak one language; this is just the beginning of what they are going to do. Soon they will be able to do anything they want!

Revelation 14:6

Then I saw another angel flying high in the air, with an eternal message of Good News to announce to the peoples of the earth, to every race, tribe, language, and nation.

1 Corinthians 12:10

The Spirit gives one person the power to work miracles; to another, the gift of speaking God's message; and to yet another, the ability to tell the difference between gifts that come from the Spirit and those that do not. To one person he gives the ability to speak in strange tongues, and to another he gives the ability to explain what is said.

Acts 2:11

both Jews and Gentiles converted to Judaism, and some of us are from Crete and Arabia—yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages about the great things that God has done!”

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so for now. For in this way we shall do all that God requires.” So John agreed.

Revelation 11:3

I will send my two witnesses dressed in sackcloth, and they will proclaim God's message during those 1, 260 days.”

James 3:6

And the tongue is like a fire. It is a world of wrong, occupying its place in our bodies and spreading evil through our whole being. It sets on fire the entire course of our existence with the fire that comes to it from hell itself.

Isaiah 6:5

I said, “There is no hope for me! I am doomed because every word that passes my lips is sinful, and I live among a people whose every word is sinful. And yet, with my own eyes I have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

Psalm 55:9

Confuse the speech of my enemies, O Lord! I see violence and riots in the city,

Acts 1:15

A few days later there was a meeting of the believers, about a hundred and twenty in all, and Peter stood up to speak.

Acts 2:2

Suddenly there was a noise from the sky which sounded like a strong wind blowing, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.