Acts 2:3

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Acts 2:3

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

Cloven

Revelation 14:6

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Revelation 11:3

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Cloven

Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages, as the Spirit gave them ability for speech.

The Lord said, “If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

Lord, confuse and confound their speech,

for I see violence and strife in the city;

to another, the performing of miracles,
to another, prophecy,
to another, distinguishing between spirits,
to another, different kinds of languages,
to another, interpretation of languages.

Then I saw another angel flying high overhead, having the eternal gospel to announce to the inhabitants of the earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

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Then I said:

Woe is me for I am ruined
because I am a man of unclean lips
and live among a people of unclean lips,
and because my eyes have seen the King,
the Lord of Hosts.

“Is not My word like fire”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and like a hammer that pulverizes rock?

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who will be able to stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire and like cleansing lye.

“I baptize you with water for repentance,

but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

So they said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts ablaze within us while He was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?”

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the whole body, sets the course of life on fire, and is set on fire by hell.

I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days,

dressed in sackcloth.”

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During these days Peter stood up among the brothers—the number of people who were together was about 120—and said:

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him—
a Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
a Spirit of counsel and strength,
a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him to be baptized.

And John testified, “I watched the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He rested on Him.