Acts 2:7
5 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.
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?
9 Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
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
- Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?
- KJV
- And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilæans?
- WEB
- They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans?
- ASV
- And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying, Behold, are not all these that speak Galilaeans?
- DARBY
- And all were amazed and wondered, saying, Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans?
- BLB
- And they were amazed and were marveling, saying, “Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
- ÅB
- og de ble forferdet og undret seg, og sa: Men er ikke alle disse som taler, galileere?
- OTB
- De var helt forundret og spurte: «Er ikke alle disse som taler, galileere?
- B1930
- og de blev forferdet og undret sig, og sa: Men er ikke alle disse som taler, galileere?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 2:12
Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”
Read in contextActs 1:11
“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
Read in contextActs 14:11–12
When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”
Read in contextJohn 7:52
“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
Read in contextMark 1:27
All the people were amazed and began to ask one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”
Read in contextMatthew 21:11
The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Read in contextActs 3:10
they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
Read in contextMatthew 4:18–22
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
Read in context