Acts 2:1-13 - Pentecost And The Coming Of The Holy Spirit

¹ And when the day of Pentecost came [Note: This was a Jewish festival held fifty days following the Passover Festival. Lev. 23:15-21], they [i.e., the twelve apostles] were all gathered together in one place [i.e., their second story living quarters, 1:13 ?]. ² Suddenly a rushing sound, like a fierce wind blowing, came from the sky above them, and [its noise] filled the entire house where they were sitting. ³ Then they saw what appeared to be flames of fire shooting down and landing on each one of them. ⁴ And they [i.e., the apostles] were all filled with [the power of] the Holy Spirit and began to speak ["the mighty accomplishments of God," See verse 11] in different languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them the ability.

⁵ Now some devoted Jews from every nation of the world were visiting Jerusalem [for the Pentecost festival]. ⁶ And when they heard the noise [of the blowing wind] a large number of them assembled [around the apostles] and were puzzled over how they could hear them speaking in their native languages. ⁷ Being so amazed and astounded [at something so unusual happening], they exclaimed, "Look! are not all these men who are speaking from [the country of] Galilee? ⁸ How is it then, that we are hearing them speak in our own native languages: ⁹ Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappodocia, Pontus, Asia, ¹⁰ Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt and areas of Libya around Cyrene, Jewish and proselyte travelers from Rome, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabians. How can it be that we hear [these apostles] speaking about the mighty accomplishments of God in the language of our national origin? ¹² And they were amazed and perplexed [over this] and began saying to one another, "What does all this mean?" ¹³ But others made fun of them, saying, "Oh, they are just drunk [i.e., full of new wine]."