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Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on their heads. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in languages they didn’t know,[a] for the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.

Many godly Jews were in Jerusalem that day for the religious celebrations, having arrived from many nations.

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  1. Acts 2:4 in languages they didn’t know, literally, “in other tongues.”

They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit(A) and began to speak in other tongues[a](B) as the Spirit enabled them.

Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing(C) Jews from every nation under heaven.

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  1. Acts 2:4 Or languages; also in verse 11