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Acts 2:7
7And all were amazed and wondered, saying, Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans?
Acts 2:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans?
- New International Version (NIV)Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?
- English Standard Version (ESV)And they were amazed and astonished, saying, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak Galileans?
Context of Acts 2:7
5Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven. 6But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect. And all were amazed and wondered, saying, Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans? 8and how do we hear [them] each in our own dialect in which we have been born, 9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judaea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
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ἐξίσταντο δὲ καὶ ἐθαύμαζον λέγοντες οὐχ ἰδοὺ ἅπαντες οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ λαλοῦντες Γαλιλαῖοι;Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Acts 2:7
- Acts 2:12And they were all amazed and in perplexity, saying one to another, What would this mean?
- Acts 3:10and they recognised him, that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
- Acts 14:11But the crowds, who saw what Paul had done, lifted up their voices in Lycaonian, saying, The gods, having made themselves like men, are come down to us.
- Mark 1:27And all were amazed, so that they questioned together among themselves, saying, What is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.
- Mark 2:12And he rose up straightway, and, having taken up his couch, went out before [them] all, so that all were amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it thus.
- Acts 1:11who also said, Men of Galilee, why do ye stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall thus come in the manner in which ye have beheld him going into heaven.
- Matthew 4:18And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers;
- Matthew 21:11And the crowds said, This is Jesus the prophet who is from Nazareth of Galilee.
- John 7:52They answered and said to him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search and look, that no prophet arises out of Galilee.
Commentaries on Acts 2:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Are not all these - Galileans? - Persons who know no other dialect, save that of their own country. Persons wholly uneducated, and, consequently, naturally ignorant of those languages which they now speak so fluently.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Galileans - Inhabitants of Galilee. It was remarkable that they should speak in this manner, because: (1)They were ignorant, rude, and uncivilized, John 1:46. Hence, the term Galilean was used as an expression of the deepest reproach and contempt, Mark 14:70; John 7:52. (2)Their dialect was proverbially barbarous and corrupt, Mark 14:70; Matthew 26:73. They were regarded as an outlandish people, unacquainted with other nations and languages, and hence…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 The difference in languages which arose at Babel, has much hindered the spread of knowledge and religion. The instruments whom the Lord first employed in spreading the Christian religion, could have made no progress without this gift, which proved that their authority was from God.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-11Since Pentecost was a feast people had to travel to attend, Jews from every nation were in Jerusalem (see study note on 2:1–4). They could hear the gospel (the good news about Jesus) in their own languages. The gospel is for all people (2:38–39).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-115-11. there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men out of every nation--not, it would seem, permanently settled there (see Ac 2:9), though the language seems to imply more than a temporary visit to keep this one feast.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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