Acts 2:3

New Century Version

They saw something like flames of fire that were separated and stood over each person there.

Cross References

Genesis 11:6

The Lord said, “Now, these people are united, all speaking the same language. This is only the beginning of what they will do. They will be able to do anything they want.

Psalm 55:9

Lord, destroy and confuse their words, because I see violence and fighting in the city.

Isaiah 6:5

I said, “Oh, no! I will be destroyed. I am not pure, and I live among people who are not pure, but I have seen the King, the Lord All-Powerful.”

Jeremiah 23:29

Isn’t my message like a fire?” says the Lord. “Isn’t it like a hammer that smashes a rock?

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water to show that your hearts and lives have changed. But there is one coming after me who is greater than I am, whose sandals I am not good enough to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matthew 3:15

Jesus answered, “Let it be this way for now. We should do all things that are God’s will.” So John agreed to baptize Jesus.

Luke 24:32

They said to each other, “It felt like a fire burning in us when Jesus talked to us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us.”

Acts 1:15

During this time there was a meeting of the believers (about one hundred twenty of them). Peter stood up and said,

Acts 2:11

(both Jews and those who had become Jews), Crete, and Arabia. But we hear them telling in our own languages about the great things God has done!”

Acts 2:2

Suddenly a noise like a strong, blowing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Acts 2:4

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak different languages by the power the Holy Spirit was giving them.

1 Corinthians 12:10

The Spirit gives to another person the power to do miracles, to another the ability to prophesy. And he gives to another the ability to know the difference between good and evil spirits. The Spirit gives one person the ability to speak in different kinds of languages and to another the ability to interpret those languages.

James 3:6

And the tongue is like a fire. It is a whole world of evil among the parts of our bodies. The tongue spreads its evil through the whole body. The tongue is set on fire by hell, and it starts a fire that influences all of life.

Revelation 11:3

And I will give power to my two witnesses to prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, and they will be dressed in rough cloth to show their sadness.”

Revelation 14:6

Then I saw another angel flying high in the air. He had the eternal Good News to preach to those who live on earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and people.