“And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.”
They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them — fire (pyr) in theophany contexts signals God's purifying, refining, and empowering presence (cf. Exodus 3:2, Ezek. 1:4). The separation into individual tongues (dialyzontai) shows the Spirit distributes power to each believer equally; this is democratization of the Spirit's gifting beyond prophets and kings. The resting (kathizo, sat/settled) on each shows completion and personal appropriation of the Spirit's gift.
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