Acts 2:6
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.
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?
8 How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?
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.
Compare
- BSB
- And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.
- KJV
- Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
- WEB
- When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
- ASV
- And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speaking in his own language.
- DARBY
- But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.
- BLB
- Now this sound having happened, the multitude came together and was confounded, because each one was hearing them speaking in [his] own language.
- ÅB
- Da nå denne lyd kom, strømmet hopen sammen og ble forvirret, fordi de hørte dem tale enhver på sitt eget mål;
- OTB
- Da de hørte denne lyden, samlet det seg en folkemengde, for hver enkelt hørte dem tale på sitt eget språk.
- B1930
- Da nu denne lyd kom, strømmet hopen sammen og blev forvirret, fordi de hørte dem tale enhver på sitt eget mål;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 3:11
While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.
Read in contextMatthew 2:3
When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
Read in context2 Corinthians 2:12
Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
Read in context1 Corinthians 16:9
because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.
Read in contextActs 2:2
Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
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