And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind Rather, of the rushing of a mighty wind, lit., of a mighty wind borne along. The verb employed to express the rushing of the wind is used by St Peter (2 Ephesians 1:17-18) of "the voice which came from heaven" at the Transfiguration, also (Acts 1:21) of the gift of prophecy, and the motion of the prophets by the Holy Ghost.

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