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Acts 2:3 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Acts 2:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Acts chapter 2 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.”
Acts 2:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Acts 2:3
The 'cloven tongues like as of fire' (Greek: diamerizomenai glōssai hōsei pyros) represent the visible manifestation of the Holy Spirit's descent at Pentecost. Fire symbolizes God's purifying presence throughout Scripture (Exodus 3:2, Isaiah 6:6-7), while the divided tongues signify the Spirit's distribution to each believer individually. This fulfills both John the Baptist's prophecy that Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire (Luke 3:16) and Christ's promise of the Comforter's coming. The Spirit's visible appearance authenticated the birth of the Church and empowered the apostles ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Acts 2:3
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“immerse} you in water for repentance”
“saying”
“Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?”
“Weren't our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?”
“the spirit of counsel and might”
“and began to speak with other languages”
“Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.,And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.,וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה הֵן עַם אֶחָד וְשָׂפָה אַחַת לְכֻלָּם וְזֶה הַחִלָּם לַעֲשׂוֹת וְעַתָּה לֹא־יִבָּצֵר מֵהֶם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יָזְמוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת׃ ,And the LORD said: Behold”
“To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:”