Acts 2
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Acts 2:5-12

5Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.

6When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

7Completely baffled, they said, “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

8And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?

9Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia,

10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,

11both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”

12All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

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