Acts 2:6-12

The Coming of the Holy Spirit

6 And m at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. 7 And n they were amazed and astonished, saying, "Are not all these who are speaking o Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? 9 Parthians and p Medes and q Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, 11 both Jews and r proselytes, Cretans and Arabians - we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God." 12 And s all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"

  1. Cross References
    Acts 2:2
    And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.
  2. Cross References
    Acts 2:12
    And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?
  3. Cross References
    Acts 1:11
    And said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.
    Matthew 26:73
    After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "Certainly you too are one of them, for your accent betrays you.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 17:6
    In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 14:1
    In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim.
    Genesis 14:9
    With Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five.
    Isaiah 11:11
    In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
    Daniel 8:2
    And I saw in the vision; and when I saw, I was in Susa the capital, which is in the province of Elam. And I saw in the vision, and I was at the Ulai canal.
  6. Cross References
    Acts 6:5
    And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
    Acts 13:43
    And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
    Matthew 23:15
    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
  7. Cross References
    Acts 2:7
    And they were amazed and astonished, saying, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
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