ACTS 2:1-13 On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like a roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. Then what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.
At that time there were devout Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem . When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers.
They were completely amazed, “How can this be?” they exclaimed. “These people are all from Galilee , and yet we hear them speaking in our own native languages! Here we are – Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia , Pontus , the province of Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia , Egypt , and the areas of Libya around Cyrene , visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism), Cretans and Arabs.
And we all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done!” They stood there amazed and perplexed, “What can this mean?” they asked each other. But others in the crowd ridiculed them saying, “They are just drunk, that’s all!”
Pentecost stands for 50 and was marked with a festival of ingathering.
LEV 23:16-17 Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits to the Lord.
Who was filled with the Holy Spirit? ______________________.
What ability did the Holy Spirit give? _________________________.
How did the people in the city react to the noise? ____________________.
What did they speak about? _____________________________________!
The people in the city were _______________________.
Did everyone accept it? _______________________.
