Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

2 On the day of Pentecost these people were all in one place.

² Then, suddenly, a sound came from heaven. It was like a very strong wind blowing. It went all through the house where they were sitting.

³ And then they saw tongues like fire. These were divided and came on each one of the people there.

⁴ All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit. They began to speak the words of God in other languages as the Spirit spoke through them.

⁵ Crowds of Jews were staying in Jerusalem. They had come from every country in the world. They were good men who believed in God.

⁶ Many people came together when they heard the apostles speaking. They did not know what to think. Everyone heard someone speaking in his own language.

⁷ They were all very much surprised and said to each other, `These men who are speaking, are they not all from Galilee?

⁸ How is it then that each one of us hears the language of our own country?

^9-11 We people from the countries of Parthia and Media and Elam all hear the wonderful things God has done. So also do the people who live in the countries of Mesopotamia, and in Judea in Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, in Phrygia, and Pamphylia, and in Egypt, and in some parts of Lybia around Cyrene, people from the city of Rome who are now living in Jerusalem, both Jews and those who joined themselves to the Jews, the people from Crete and Arabia. These men from Galilee are speaking in our own languages.'