Acts 2
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Acts 2:3-10

3And there appearedG3708 to them tonguesG1100 as of fireG4442 1distributingG1266 themselves, and 2they 3restedG2523 on eachG1538 oneG1520 of them. 4And they were allG3956 4filledG4092 with the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 and beganG757 to 5speakG2980 with otherG2087 6tonguesG1100, as the SpiritG4151 was givingG1325 them 7utteranceG669.

5NowG1161 there were JewsG2453 livingG2730 in JerusalemG2419, 8devoutG2126 menG435 from everyG3956 nationG1484 underG5259 heavenG3772. 6And when 9thisG3778 soundG5456 occurredG1096, the crowdG4128 cameG4905 togetherG4905, and were bewilderedG4797 becauseG3754 eachG1538 oneG1520 of them was hearingG191 them speakG2980 in his ownG2398 10languageG1258. 711They were amazedG1839 and astonishedG2296, sayingG3004, “12WhyG2400, are not allG3956 theseG3778 who are speakingG2980 13GalileansG1057? 8And howG4459 is it that we eachG1538 hearG191 them in our ownG2398 14languageG1258 15to whichG3739 we were bornG1080? 9ParthiansG3934 and MedesG3370 and ElamitesG1639, and residentsG2730 of MesopotamiaG3318, JudeaG2453 and 16CappadociaG2587, 17PontusG4195 and 1819AsiaG773, 1020PhrygiaG5435 and 21PamphyliaG3828, EgyptG125 and the districtsG3313 of LibyaG3033 aroundG2596 22CyreneG2957, and 2324visitorsG1927 from RomeG4514, bothG5037 JewsG2453 and 2526proselytesG4339,

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 2:3 Or being distributed ↩
  2. 2. Acts 2:3 Lit it ↩
  3. 3. Acts 2:3 Or sat ↩
  4. 4. Acts 2:4 Matt 10:20; Acts 1:5, 8; 4:8, 31; 6:3, 5; 7:55; 8:17; 9:17; 11:15; 13:9, 52 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 2:4 Mark 16:17; 1 Cor 12:10f; 14:21 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 2:4 Or languages ↩
  7. 7. Acts 2:4 Or ability to speak out ↩
  8. 8. Acts 2:5 Luke 2:25; Acts 8:2 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 2:6 Acts 2:2 ↩
  10. 10. Acts 2:6 Or dialect ↩
  11. 11. Acts 2:7 Acts 2:12 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 2:7 Lit Behold ↩
  13. 13. Acts 2:7 Matt 26:73; Acts 1:11 ↩
  14. 14. Acts 2:8 Or dialect ↩
  15. 15. Acts 2:8 Lit in ↩
  16. 16. Acts 2:9 1 Pet 1:1 ↩
  17. 17. Acts 2:9 Acts 18:2; 1 Pet 1:1 ↩
  18. 18. Acts 2:9 I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor ↩
  19. 19. Acts 2:9 Acts 6:9; 16:6; 19:10; 20:4; 21:27; 24:18; 27:2; Rom 16:5; 1 Cor 16:19; 2 Cor 1:8; 2 Tim 1:15; Rev 1:4 ↩
  20. 20. Acts 2:10 Acts 16:6; 18:23 ↩
  21. 21. Acts 2:10 Acts 13:13; 14:24; 15:38; 27:5 ↩
  22. 22. Acts 2:10 Matt 27:32 ↩
  23. 23. Acts 2:10 Lit the sojourning Romans ↩
  24. 24. Acts 2:10 Acts 17:21 ↩
  25. 25. Acts 2:10 I.e. Gentile converts to Judaism ↩
  26. 26. Acts 2:10 Matt 23:15 ↩

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