The Coming of the Holy Spirit

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The festival of Shavu‘ot arrived, and the believers all gathered together in one place.

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Suddenly there came a sound from the sky like the roar of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

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Then they saw what looked like tongues of fire, which separated and came to rest on each one of them.

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They were all filled with the Ruach HaKodesh and began to talk in different languages, as the Spirit enabled them to speak.

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Now there were staying in Yerushalayim religious Jews from every nation under heaven.

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When they heard this sound, a crowd gathered; they were confused, because each one heard the believers speaking in his own language.

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Totally amazed, they asked, “How is this possible? Aren’t all these people who are speaking from the Galil?

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How is it that we hear them speaking in our native languages?

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We are Parthians, Medes, Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Y’hudah, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,

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Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome;

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Jews by birth and proselytes; Jews from Crete and from Arabia. . . ! How is it that we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great things God has done?”

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Amazed and confused, they all went on asking each other, “What can this mean?”

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But others made fun of them and said, “They’ve just had too much wine!”

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