Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

On Pentecost The Spirit Empowers Them To Speak To The Crowd In Their Native Languages

2 And during the day of Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all together at the same place. ² And suddenly a noise from heaven like of a violent rushing wind took place, and filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³ And dividing^[a] tongues as-if of fire appeared to them. And it sat on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other tongues^[b] as the Spirit was giving^[c] the uttering^[d] to them. ⁵ Now there were Jews dwelling in Jerusalem, reverent men from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And this sound having taken place, the crowd came together and was confounded^[e] because they were each one hearing them speaking in his own language! ⁷ And they were astonished, and were marveling, saying “Behold, are not all these ones speaking Galileans? ⁸ And how is it we are each one hearing in our own language in which we were born?— ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites; and the ones dwelling-in Mesopotamia, and Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ and Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the regions of Libya toward Cyrene; and the Romans residing here; ¹¹ both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs; we are hearing them speaking the great^[f] things of God in our own tongues”.