Thematic Bible: Cloven tongues

They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated, and one rested on each of them. Verse ConceptsBaptism, significance ofDivine ManifestationsSymbolsHoly Spirit, Types OfFire Of The SpiritDividing Spiritual BlessingsSymbols of the Holy SpiritThe Tongue

When that sound came, a crowd quickly gathered, startled because each one heard the disciples speaking in his own language. Stunned and amazed, they asked, "All of these people who are speaking are Galileans, aren't they? So how is it that each one of us hears them speaking in his own native language: read more.
Parthians, Medes, Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the district of Libya near Cyrene, Jewish and proselyte visitors from Rome, Cretans, and Arabs, listening to them talk in our own languages about the great deeds of God?"