New English Translation

Acts 2:1-8 New English Translation (NET)

1. Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

2. Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting.

3. And tongues spreading out like a fire appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them.

4. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.

5. Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.

6. When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

7. Completely baffled, they said, “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

8. And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?