What were the people seeing and hearing in Acts 2:33?
They were seeing and hearing the power and manifestation of the descended Holy Spirit, evidenced by uneducated Galileans speaking every language and dialect in the then-known world. This outpouring confirmed the Father's promise, and it was only part of the signs and wonders proving God was in all this.
Les explains that Acts 2:33 speaks of Jesus exalted at God’s right hand, having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit and shedding forth what the crowd now sees and hears. What they see and hear is the power and manifestation of the descended Holy Spirit, shown by uneducated Galileans speaking every language and dialect in the then-known world. Les notes this was only part of it; the apostolic signs and wonders would continue, proving God was in all this.
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
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What did people see and hear when the Holy Spirit descended in Acts 2?
What the crowd saw and heard was the power and manifestation of the descended Holy Spirit, namely that these uneducated Galileans can speak every language and dialect in the then-known world, and that was only part of it.
In Acts 2:33, what did Peter mean by 'this which you now see and hear'?
In Acts 2:33, 'this which you now see and hear' refers to the power and manifestation of the descended Holy Spirit, shown by uneducated Galileans speaking every language and dialect in the then-known world.