Acts 2:1–4
At Pentecost the Spirit fills the disciples gathered in a house
Study it word by word1And when the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all together in the same place.
2And suddenly there came from heaven a roar like that of a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, being distributed, and one rested on each of them.
4And all were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out.
In its context
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5Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation of those under heaven.
6And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together and was bewildered, because each one was hearing them speaking in his own language.
Its words in the original
- συμπληροῦσθαιsymplērousthai· be fulfilled
Of a time, come to its end, be fulfilled; of a boat, fill with water.
- ἡμέρανhēmeran· day
Day. "In the days of" someone: in their time.
- πεντηκοστῆςpentēkostēs· Pentecost
Pentecost, "fiftieth": the Feast of Weeks, fifty days after Passover.
- ἦσανēsan· be
Be, exist.
- ὁμοῦhomou· together
Together, at the same time, in the same place.
- ἐγένετοegeneto· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- ἄφνωaphnō· suddenly
Suddenly.
- οὐρανοῦouranou· heaven, sky
Heaven: the sky and, above all, the place of God. "The heavens" is sometimes a respectful way of saying "God".
- ἦχοςēchos· sound, report
Sound, noise, roar; a report that spreads.
- ὥσπερhōsper· just as
Just as, in the same way as.
- φερομένηςpheromenēs· carry, bring
Carry, bring.
- πνοῆςpnoēs· breath, wind
Breath; a blowing, wind.
- βιαίαςbiaias· violent
Violent, strong.
- ἐπλήρωσενeplērōsen· fulfill, fill
Fill; fulfill: bring about what a word announced.
- ὅλονholon· whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
- οἶκονoikon· house
House; also household, family.
- οὗhou· where
"Where", "to where".
- καθήμενοιkathēmenoi· sit
Be sitting; dwell.
- ὤφθησανōphthēsan· see
See, look; notice.
- διαμεριζόμεναιdiamerizomenai· divide, distribute
Divide up, share out.
- γλῶσσαιglōssai· tongue
Tongue.
- ὡσεὶhōsei· like, about
As, like; with numbers, "about".
- πυρόςpyros· fire
Fire.
- ἐκάθισενekathisen· sit down
Sit down; also seat someone. A teacher taught sitting down.
- ἕναhena· one
One.
- ἕκαστονhekaston· each
Each, each one.
- ἐπλήσθησανeplēsthēsan· fill, fulfill
Fill, be filled; of time, be fulfilled, come to an end.
- πνεύματοςpneumatos· spirit, Spirit
Spirit; also wind and breath. With "holy", the Holy Spirit of God.
- ἁγίουhagiou· holy
Holy: set apart for God, pure, belonging to him.
- ἤρξαντοērxanto· begin
Begin.
- λαλεῖνlalein· speak
Speak, talk.
- ἑτέραιςheterais· other, another
Other, another, different.
- ἐδίδουedidou· give
Give.
- ἀποφθέγγεσθαιapophthengesthai· speak out, declare
Speak out, declare; utter clearly and boldly.