Acts 2:8

Acts 2:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
• New International Version (NIV)Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language?
• English Standard Version (ESV)And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?
• New King James Version (NKJV)And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born?

Context of Acts 2:8

6When these Jews heard the noise, a large crowd of them came together in that place. As the believers spoke, each person in the crowd could hear the message in their own language. This confused them. 7They were very surprised and they said to each other, ‘These men who are speaking our languages are all from Galilee. But each of us can hear them speak in the language of our own home country. How can this happen? 9Some of us are from Parthia, Media and Elam. Some of us live in Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia. Some of us are from Pontus and Asia. 10Some of us are from Phrygia and Pamphylia. Some of us are from Egypt. Some of us are from the country of Libya, near the town of Cyrene. Some of us have come from Rome to visit Jerusalem.

Acts 2:8 word by word

καὶ πῶς ἡμεῖς ἀκούομεν ἕκαστος τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ ἡμῶν ἐν ᾗ ἐγεννήθημεν,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
• hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• every manἕκαστοςhekastos · eachG1538
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• tongueδιάλεκτοςdialektos · languageG1258
• whereinὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• we were bornγεννάωgennaō · to begetG1080

Commentaries on Acts 2:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8How hear we every man in our own tongue - Some have supposed from this that the miracle was not so much wrought on the disciples as on their hearers: imagining that, although the disciples spoke their own tongue, yet every man so understood what was spoken as if it had been spoken in the language in which he was born. Though this is by no means so likely as the opinion which states that the disciples themselves spoke all these different languages, yet the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Wherein we were born - That is, as we say, in our native language; what is spoken where we were born.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

Topics related to Acts 2:8

• Feasts
• Language
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• Revivals
• Testimony
• Tongue

In the dictionaries

• Approve
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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