Acts 2:3

cloven tongues

tongues, as of fire, parting and sitting upon each of them.

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³ And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

Related Commentaries of Acts 2:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 2:3