While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message.
Parallel translations
- WEB While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.
- KJV While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
- BSB While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.
- NKJV While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word.
- NLT Even as Peter was saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the message.
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Quick answer
While Peter is still speaking, the Holy Spirit falls on all who hear. God Himself confirms that Gentiles are received by grace through faith.
Overview
Before Peter even finishes, God pours out the Spirit on the Gentile hearers, a dramatic sign that they are fully accepted. The timing leaves no doubt that this is God's doing, not a human decision. This outpouring functions as a Gentile 'Pentecost,' confirming that the same gospel and the same Spirit are for all peoples.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Acts 11:15As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.
- Acts 19:6When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.
- Acts 15:8God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.
- Acts 4:31When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
- Acts 2:2–4Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
- Acts 8:15–17who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
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Acts is the risen Christ continuing his work by the Spirit through the church, as the apostles preach that there is salvation in no other name under heaven.
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