When they heard this sound, a crowd formed in curiosity, because each one heard their own language being spoken.
On the day of Pentecost, Jews from different distances would travel to Jerusalem to celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit and feast. The disciples and Mary were in the upper room, praying.
Suddenly, a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what appeared to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of their heads.
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign languages as the Spirit enabled them...
Nǐ hǎo
Ciao
Namaste
Olá
Bonjour
They have had too much wine!
What does this mean?”
“Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language?
But Peter appeared and stood with the apostles, and spoke to the crowd. Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.
3000 people were converted from Judaism to Christianity and baptised in the name of Jesus Christ on that same day.