Acts 2
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Acts 2:4-12

4And they were allG3956 1filledG4092 with the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 and beganG757 to 2speakG2980 with otherG2087 3tonguesG1100, as the SpiritG4151 was givingG1325 them 4utteranceG669.

5NowG1161 there were JewsG2453 livingG2730 in JerusalemG2419, 5devoutG2126 menG435 from everyG3956 nationG1484 underG5259 heavenG3772. 6And when 6thisG3778 soundG5456 occurredG1096, the crowdG4128 cameG4905 togetherG4905, and were bewilderedG4797 becauseG3754 eachG1538 oneG1520 of them was hearingG191 them speakG2980 in his ownG2398 7languageG1258. 78They were amazedG1839 and astonishedG2296, sayingG3004, “9WhyG2400, are not allG3956 theseG3778 who are speakingG2980 10GalileansG1057? 8And howG4459 is it that we eachG1538 hearG191 them in our ownG2398 11languageG1258 12to whichG3739 we were bornG1080? 9ParthiansG3934 and MedesG3370 and ElamitesG1639, and residentsG2730 of MesopotamiaG3318, JudeaG2453 and 13CappadociaG2587, 14PontusG4195 and 1516AsiaG773, 1017PhrygiaG5435 and 18PamphyliaG3828, EgyptG125 and the districtsG3313 of LibyaG3033 aroundG2596 19CyreneG2957, and 2021visitorsG1927 from RomeG4514, bothG5037 JewsG2453 and 2223proselytesG4339, 11CretansG2912 and ArabsG690--we hearG191 them in our own tonguesG1100 speakingG2980 of the mightyG3167 deedsG3167 of GodG2316.” 12And 24they allG3956 continued in amazementG1839 and greatG1280 perplexityG1280, sayingG3004 to oneG243 anotherG243, “WhatG5101 does thisG3778 meanG2309G1510?”

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Notes

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

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