Acts 2:3

King James Version (KJV)

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

Translations

Acts 2:3 - Amplified Bible

And there appeared to them tongues resembling fire, which were separated {and} distributed and which settled on each one of them.

Acts 2:3 - American Standard Version

And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.

Acts 2:3 - Bible in Basic English

And they saw tongues, like flames of fire, coming to rest on every one of them.

Acts 2:3 - Darby Bible

And there appeared to them parted tongues, as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them.

Acts 2:3 - English Standard Version

And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.

Acts 2:3 - King James Version

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

Acts 2:3 - La Biblia de las Americas

y se les aparecieron lenguas como de fuego que, repartiéndose, se posaron sobre cada uno de ellos.

Acts 2:3 - The Message

Acts 2:3 - New American Standard Bible

And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them.

Acts 2:3 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Se les aparecieron lenguas como de fuego que, repartiéndose, se posaron sobre cada uno de ellos.

Acts 2:3 - World English Bible

Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and it sat on each one of them.

Acts 2:3 - Young's Living Translation

and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,

Acts 2:3 - Additional Comments

"Divided" is also translated "cloven", or split. A split tongue sat upon each of the disciples there, which was the 12 (see vss 14, 37), not the 120 (Acts 1:15). What appeared was fire in the shape of a split tongue.
God had also appeared before Israel in a pillar of fire, to guide the exodus of Israel from Egypt (Exodus 13:21).
It's difficult to determine how long the appearance of the tongues of fire stayed, but surely there were many who saw that, a physical confirmation of what was taking place.

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