Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. New Living Translation Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. English Standard Version And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. Berean Standard Bible They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. Berean Literal Bible And there appeared to them dividing tongues as of fire and sat upon each one of them. King James Bible And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. New King James Version Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. New American Standard Bible And tongues that looked like fire appeared to them, distributing themselves, and a tongue rested on each one of them. NASB 1995 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. NASB 1977 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. Legacy Standard Bible And there appeared to them tongues like fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. Amplified Bible There appeared to them tongues resembling fire, which were being distributed [among them], and they rested on each one of them [as each person received the Holy Spirit]. Christian Standard Bible They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and rested on each one of them. Holman Christian Standard Bible And tongues, like flames of fire that were divided, appeared to them and rested on each one of them. American Standard Version And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them. Contemporary English Version Then they saw what looked like fiery tongues moving in all directions, and a tongue came and settled on each person there. English Revised Version And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them. GOD'S WORD® Translation Tongues that looked like fire appeared to them. The tongues arranged themselves so that one came to rest on each believer. Good News Translation Then they saw what looked like tongues of fire which spread out and touched each person there. International Standard Version They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated, and one rested on each of them. Majority Standard Bible They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. NET Bible And tongues spreading out like a fire appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them. New Heart English Bible Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them. Webster's Bible Translation And there appeared to them, cloven tongues as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. Weymouth New Testament and they saw tongues of what looked like fire distributing themselves over the assembly, and on the head of each person a tongue alighted. World English Bible Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it also sat on each one of them, Berean Literal Bible And there appeared to them dividing tongues as of fire and sat upon each one of them. Young's Literal Translation and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them, Smith's Literal Translation And seen to them were tongues divided as fire, and it sat upon each one of them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd there appeared to them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them: Catholic Public Domain Version And there appeared to them separate tongues, as if of fire, which settled upon each one of them. New American Bible Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. New Revised Standard Version Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd there appeared to them tongues which were divided like flames of fire; and they rested upon each of them. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And tongues like fire that were divided appeared to them, and they sat on each one of them. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentAnd there appeared to them tongues like fire, which distributed themselves, and sat one on each of them. Godbey New Testament And there appeared unto them divided tongues, as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them; Haweis New Testament And there was an appearance to them of divided tongues, as of fire, and it rested on every one of them. Mace New Testament and there appeared several little flames, and sat upon each of them: Weymouth New Testament and they saw tongues of what looked like fire distributing themselves over the assembly, and on the head of each person a tongue alighted. Worrell New Testament And there appeared to them tongues, as of fire, distributed among them; and it sat upon each one of them. Worsley New Testament And there appeared unto them divided tongues, as it were of fire, and it sat upon each of them: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Holy Spirit at Pentecost…2Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.… Cross References Matthew 3:11 I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. Luke 3:16 John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. John 1:33 I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ Acts 1:5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” Acts 11:15-16 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning. / Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 1 Corinthians 12:13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink. Joel 2:28-29 And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. / Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days. Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring. Ezekiel 36:26-27 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. John 14:16-17 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— / the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you. John 16:7 But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. Romans 8:9 You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. 1 John 2:20 You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. 1 John 2:27 And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught. Numbers 11:25-26 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again. / Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp. Treasury of Scripture And there appeared to them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat on each of them. cloven. Acts 2:4,11 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance… Genesis 11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Psalm 55:9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. like. Isaiah 6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. Jeremiah 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Malachi 3:2,3 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: … sat. Acts 1:15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,) Isaiah 11:2,3 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; … Matthew 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. Jump to Previous Alighted Appeared Assembly Asunder Cloven Distributed Distributing Divided Fire Flames Head Parted Parting Rest Rested Resting Sat Seemed Separated Themselves Tongue TonguesJump to Next Alighted Appeared Assembly Asunder Cloven Distributed Distributing Divided Fire Flames Head Parted Parting Rest Rested Resting Sat Seemed Separated Themselves Tongue TonguesActs 2 1. The apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit, and speaking various languages, 12. are admired by some, and derided by others; 14. whom Peter disproves; 37. he baptizes a great number who were converted; 41. who afterwards devoutly and charitably converse together; 43. the apostles working many miracles, 46. and God daily increasing his church. They saw The phrase "They saw" indicates a visual experience shared by the disciples. In the Greek, the word used is "ὤφθησαν" (ōphthēsan), which means to appear or to be seen. This suggests a divine revelation, as the disciples are witnessing something extraordinary. The act of seeing here is not just physical but spiritual, as it marks the beginning of a new era in the church where the Holy Spirit becomes visibly active in the lives of believers. tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them Was fully come.--Literally, was being accomplished. The word seems chosen to express the fact that the meeting of the disciples was either on the vigil of the Feast-day, or in the early dawn. Assuming the Passover to have occurred on the night of the Last Supper, the Day of Pentecost would fall on the first day of the week, beginning, of course, at the sunset of the Sabbath. So the Churches of East and West have commemorated the day as on the eighth Sunday after Easter. In the Latin nations the name of Pentecost remains scarcely altered. The Pfingst of the Germans shows it still surviving in a very contracted form. Some eminent scholars have thought that our Whitsun-day represents it after a still more altered form, and that this is a more probable etymology of the word than those which connect it with the white garments worn on that day by newly-baptised converts, or with the gift of "wit, or wisdom." With one accord in one place.--Probably in the same large upper room as in Acts 1:13. We may reasonably think of the same persons as being present. The hour, we may infer from Acts 2:15, was early in the morning, and probably followed on a night of prayer. It is said, indeed, that devout Jews used to solemnise the vigil of Pentecost by a special thanksgiving to God for giving His Law to Israel; and this may well have been the occasion that brought the disciples together (Sch”ttgen, Hor. Hebr. in Acts 2:1). It was, in the mystic language of the Rabbis, the night on which the Law, as the Bride, was espoused to Israel, as the Bridegroom. The frequent occurrence of the Greek word for "with one accord" (Acts 1:14; Acts 2:46; Acts 4:24; Acts 5:12) is significant as showing the impression made on the writer by the exceptional unity of the new society. Outside the Acts it is found only in Romans 15:16. . . . Verse 3. - Tongues parting asunder for cloven tongues, A.V.; each one for each, A.V. There appeared. They had heard the sound, now they see the tongues of fire, and then they feel the Spirit working in them (see ver. 34). Tongues parting asunder. The idea of the cloven tongue, i.e. a tongue parted into two, which is thought to have been the origin of the miter, is not suggested either by the Greek or by the circumstances, and is clearly a mistaken one. Διαμεριζόμεναι means distributing themselves or being distributed. From the central apparition, or rather place of sound, they saw issuing forth many several tongues, looking like small flames of fire, and one such tongue sat upon each one of the brethren or disciples present. Each one. That Chrysostom is right ('Hom.'4.) in interpreting the each one of this verse of the hundred and twenty, and not of the twelve, and the ell in ver. 4 of all present besides the apostles, may be demonstrated. For not only must the all of ver. 1 refer to the same company as was described in the preceding chapter (vers. 15-26), but it is quite clear in ver. 15 of this chapter that Peter and the eleven (ver. 14), standing up separate from the body of the disciples, say of them, "These are not drunken, as ye suppose;" which is a demonstration that those of whom they thus spoke had been speaking with tongues (see also Acts 10:44). St. Augustine, too, says that the hundred and twenty all received the Holy Spirit. To the same effect Meyer, Wordsworth, Alford (who adds, "Not the hundred and twenty only, but all the believers in Christ then congregated at Jerusalem;" so also Lange). Farrar well remarks, "It was the consecration of a whole Church to be all of them a chosen generation, a royal priest- hood, a holy nation, a peculiar people" ('Life of St. Paul,' Acts 5.). Lange says, "Not only the apostles, but all the disciples, were filled with the Holy Ghost. There is a universal priesthood of all believers, and the Holy Ghost is the anointing which consecrates and qualifies for this priesthood" ('On the Acts,' Clark's edit., p. 67).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Theyαὐτοῖς (autois) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. saw ὤφθησαν (ōphthēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear. tongues γλῶσσαι (glōssai) Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural Strong's 1100: The tongue; by implication, a language. like ὡσεὶ (hōsei) Adverb Strong's 5616: As if, as it were, like; with numbers: about. From hos and ei; as if. flames of a fire πυρός (pyros) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 4442: Fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire. A primary word; 'fire'. that separated διαμεριζόμεναι (diamerizomenai) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Plural Strong's 1266: To divide up into parts, break up; I distribute. From dia and merizo; to partition thoroughly. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. came to rest ἐκάθισεν (ekathisen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2523: Another form for kathezomai; to seat down, i.e. Set; intransitively, to sit; figuratively, to settle. on ἐφ’ (eph’) Preposition Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at. each ἕκαστον (hekaston) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 1538: Each (of more than two), every one. As if a superlative of hekas; each or every. of them. αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. Links Acts 2:3 NIVActs 2:3 NLT Acts 2:3 ESV Acts 2:3 NASB Acts 2:3 KJV Acts 2:3 BibleApps.com Acts 2:3 Biblia Paralela Acts 2:3 Chinese Bible Acts 2:3 French Bible Acts 2:3 Catholic Bible NT Apostles: Acts 2:3 Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed (Acts of the Apostles Ac) |
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