Acts 2:10

Acts 2:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
• New International Version (NIV)Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome
• New King James Version (NKJV)Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
• New Living Translation (NLT)Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the areas of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome

Context of Acts 2:10

8And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? 9Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, 11both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God." 12And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"

Acts 2:10 word by word

Φρυγίαν τε καὶ Παμφυλίαν, Αἴγυπτον καὶ τὰ μέρη τῆς Λιβύης τῆς κατὰ Κυρήνην καὶ οἱ ἐπιδημοῦντες Ῥωμαῖοι,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• PhrygiaΦρυγίαPhrugia · PhrygiaG5435
• ·τεte · and/bothG5037
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• PamphyliaΠαμφυλίαPamphulia · PamphyliaG3828
• in EgyptΑἴγυπτοςAiguptos · EgyptG125
• in the partsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• in the partsμέροςmeros · partG3313
• of LibyaΛιβύηLibuē · LibyaG3033
• aboutκατάkata · according toG2596
• CyreneΚυρήνηKurēnē · CyreneG2957
• strangersἐπιδημέωepidēmeō · to sojournG1927
• of RomeῬωμαῖοςRhōmaios · RomanG4514
• JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• proselytesπροσήλυτοςprosēlutos · proselyteG4339

Cross-references for Acts 2:10

• Acts 16:6And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
• Acts 18:23After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
• Acts 13:13Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem,
• Acts 14:24Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.
• Acts 15:38But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.
• Acts 27:5And when we had sailed across the open sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
• Genesis 12:10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.
• Isaiah 19:23In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
• Jeremiah 9:26Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart."
• Hosea 11:1When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
• Matthew 2:15and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt I called my son."
• Revelation 11:8and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified.
• Jeremiah 46:9Advance, O horses, and rage, O chariots! Let the warriors go out: men of Cush and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
• Ezekiel 30:5Cush, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya, and the people of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
• Daniel 11:43He shall become ruler of the treasures of gold and of silver, and all the precious things of Egypt, and the Libyans and the Cushites shall follow in his train.
• Acts 6:9Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen.

Commentaries on Acts 2:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Phrygia - A country in Asia Minor, southward of Pontus. Pamphylia - The ancient name of the country of Natolia, now called Caramania, between Lycia and Cilicia, near the Mediterranean Sea. Egypt - A very extensive country of African bounded by the Mediterranean on the north; by the Red Sea and the Isthmus of Suez, which divide it from Arabia, on the east; by Abyssinia or Ethiopia on the south; and by the deserts of Barca and Nubia on the west. It was…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Phrygia, and Pamphylia - These were also two provinces of Asia Minor. Phrygia was surrounded by Galatia, Cappadocia, and Pisidia. Pamphylia was on the Mediterranean, and was bounded north by Pisidia. The language of all these places was doubtless the Greek, more or less pure. In Egypt - This was that extensive country, well known, on the south of the Mediterranean, watered by the Nile. It extends 600 miles from north to south, and from 100 to 120 miles…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. 10-11converts to Judaism: See study note on 13:43.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