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Acts 2:3
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They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
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Acts 2:3 in Other Translations
KJV
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And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
ESV
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And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.
NLT
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Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them.
MSG
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Then, like a wildfire, the Holy Spirit spread through their ranks,
CSB
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And tongues, like flames of fire that were divided, appeared to them and rested on each one of them.
Acts 2:3 In-Context
1
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
2
Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3
They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
4
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
5
Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.
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