Neville Goddard on Acts 2:5-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 2 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Acts 2:5-11

Biblical Context

Jews from many nations gathered in Jerusalem, and the crowd is astonished as the apostles speak in each listener’s language. This event marks the presence of God among humanity and the birth of a new global awareness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Actively, I invite you to see Pentecost as a map of inner consciousness. The Jerusalem crowd - devout men from every nation - symbolizes the multiplicity of my own inner states. When the apostolic voice speaks to them in their own language, it is not a spectacle of tongues; it is the I AM translating inner qualities into perceivable form. The astonishment of the listeners shows the old self resisting a new realization: that God is near, that the wonderful works of God are the workings of my own awareness made audible through faith in action. To the extent I entertain the assumption that I am the One Mind, all nations become one country within me; every division dissolves into unity as I become receptive to the language of life itself. The event prompts me to imagine the Spirit moving through my thoughts, turning inner impressions into outward events that honor the Whole. The outer world becomes a chorus illustrating my inner unity.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and declare, 'I am the I AM; through me the language of God speaks to every part of my being.' Then revise any sense of separation by feeling the One Spirit animating all thoughts and words.