Acts 2:7

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

5Devout Jewish men from every nation were living in Jerusalem. 6They gathered when they heard the wind. Each person was startled to recognize his own dialect when the disciples spoke. Stunned and amazed, the people in the crowd said, “All of these men who are speaking are Galileans. 8Why do we hear them speaking in our native dialects? 9We’re Parthians, Medes, and Elamites. We’re people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia,

Acts 2:7 word by word

ἐξίσταντο δὲ καὶ ἐθαύμαζον λέγοντες οὐχ ἰδοὺ ἅπαντες οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ λαλοῦντες Γαλιλαῖοι;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• they wereἐξίστημιexistēmi · to amazeG1839
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• marvelledθαυμάζωthaumazō · to marvelG2296
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• oneἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• Beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• notοὐou · noG3756
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• which speakλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• GalileansΓαλιλαῖοςGalilaios · GalileanG1057

Cross-references for Acts 2:7

• Acts 2:12All of these devout men were stunned and puzzled. They asked each other, “What can this mean?”
• Acts 3:10They knew that he was the man who used to sit and beg at the temple’s Beautiful Gate. The people were amazed and stunned to see what had happened to him.
• Acts 14:11The crowds who saw what Paul had done shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come to us, and they look human.”
• Mark 1:27Everyone was stunned. They said to each other, “What is this? This is a new teaching that has authority behind it! He gives orders to evil spirits, and they obey him.”
• Mark 2:12The man got up, immediately picked up his cot, and walked away while everyone watched. Everyone was amazed and praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”
• Acts 1:11They asked, “Why are you men from Galilee standing here looking at the sky? Jesus, who was taken from you to heaven, will come back in the same way that you saw him go to heaven.”
• Matthew 4:18As he was walking along the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew. They were throwing a net into the sea because they were fishermen.
• Matthew 21:11The crowd answered, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”
• John 7:52They asked Nicodemus, “Are you saying this because you’re from Galilee? Study ⌞the Scriptures⌟, and you’ll see that no prophet comes from 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

Topics related to Acts 2:7

• Feasts
• Galilee
• Language
• Orator
• Prophecy
• Readings, Select
• Revivals
• Testimony
• Tongue

In the dictionaries

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

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