Acts 2:12

Acts 2:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
• New International Version (NIV)Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?”

Context of Acts 2:12

10Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the country near Cyrene in Libya. We’re Jewish people, converts to Judaism, and visitors from Rome, 11Crete, and Arabia. We hear these men in our own languages as they tell about the miracles that God has done.” All of these devout men were stunned and puzzled. They asked each other, “What can this mean?” 13Others said jokingly, “They’re drunk on sweet wine.” 14Then Peter stood up with the eleven apostles. In a loud voice he said to them, “Men of Judea and everyone living in Jerusalem! You must understand this, so pay attention to what I say.

Acts 2:12 word by word

ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ διηπόρουν ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες· τί θέλει τοῦτο εἶναι;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• they wereἐξίστημιexistēmi · to amazeG1839
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• were in doubtδιαπορέωdiaporeō · be perplexedG1280
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• oneἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• Whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• ·ἄνan · ifG302
• meanethθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• ·εἰμίeimi · to beG1510

Cross-references for Acts 2:12

• Acts 10:17While Peter was puzzled by the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and went to the gate.
• Acts 17:20Some of the things you say sound strange to us. So we would like to know what they mean.”
• Luke 15:26He called to one of the servants and asked what was happening.
• Luke 18:36When he heard the crowd going by, he tried to find out what was happening.

Commentaries on Acts 2:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Were in doubt - This expression, ́ diēporoundenotes “a state of hesitancy or anxiety about an event.” It is applied to those who are traveling, and are ignorant of the way, or who hesitate about the road. They were all astonished at this; they did not know how to understand it or explain it, until some of them supposed that it was merely the effect of new wine.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
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131-4. when the day of Pentecost was fully come--The fiftieth from the morrow after the first Passover sabbath (Le 23:15, 16). with one accord--the solemnity of the day, perhaps, unconsciously raising their expectations.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 2:12

• Orator
• Prophecy
• Readings, Select
• Revivals
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In the dictionaries

• Approve
• Confound
• Determinate
• Exhort
• Gladness
• Messiah
• Miracle
• Notable
• Pentecost
• Untoward

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