Neville Goddard on Acts 2:1-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 2 in context

Scripture Focus

1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

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

4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

5And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

7And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

8And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

10Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

11Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

12And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

13Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

Acts 2:1-13

Biblical Context

Pentecost describes a moment when a group shares a single purpose and is filled with divine energy; wind-like breath and fire-like light rest on them, empowering them to speak in many languages about God's wondrous works.

Neville's Inner Vision

Pentecost is not a distant event but the awakening of your own I AM. When your thoughts, feelings, and desires are aligned as though already true, the breath of God moves through you like a rushing wind, filling your space with presence. The cloven tongues of fire symbolize your faculties—reason, imagination, and speech—energized by conviction and expressed as your inner truth. Being filled with the Holy Ghost means you are the living source of your experience, uttering the Spirit's words rather than habitual rhetoric. The diverse crowd represents circumstances you meet; when your inner language resonates with truth, these circumstances translate the 'wonderful works of God' in you. Doubt or mockery is but old belief dissolving as you dwell in the I AM, the perennial source and author of all you perceive.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and declare, 'I am one with the I AM; my life is Pentecost now.' Then breathe as if the rushing wind fills your room, feel the fiery calm on your head, and listen for the Spirit's utterance guiding your next aligned word or action.