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Acts 2:5

Jerusalem

3 They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

6 And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.

7 Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.
KJV
And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
WEB
Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.
ASV
Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.
DARBY
Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven.
BLB
Now there were Jews dwelling in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.
ÅB
Nå bodde det i Jerusalem jøder, gudfryktige menn fra alle folkeslag under himmelen.
OTB
Nå bodde det i Jerusalem jøder, gudfryktige menn fra alle folkeslag under himmelen.
B1930
Nu bodde det i Jerusalem jøder, gudfryktige menn fra alle folkeslag under himmelen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Acts 8:2

    God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.

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  • Luke 2:25

    Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

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  • Colossians 1:23

    if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

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  • Acts 8:27

    So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

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  • John 12:20

    Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

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  • Matthew 24:14

    And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

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  • Luke 17:24

    For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.

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  • Acts 13:50

    The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.

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