Acts 2:10

Acts 2:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
• New International Version (NIV)Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome
• English Standard Version (ESV)Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

Context of Acts 2:10

8And how do we hear every man in our own language, in which we were born? 9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, 11Cretes and Arabians, we hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. 12And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

Acts 2:10 word by word

Φρυγίαν τε καὶ Παμφυλίαν, Αἴγυπτον καὶ τὰ μέρη τῆς Λιβύης τῆς κατὰ Κυρήνην καὶ οἱ ἐπιδημοῦντες Ῥωμαῖοι,Read the interlinear

• ·τεte · and/bothG5037
• PhrygiaΦρυγίαPhrugia · PhrygiaG5435
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• PamphyliaΠαμφυλίαPamphulia · PamphyliaG3828
• EgyptΑἴγυπτοςAiguptos · EgyptG125
• partsμέροςmeros · partG3313
• LibyaΛιβύηLibuē · LibyaG3033
• aboutκατάkata · according toG2596
• CyreneΚυρήνηKurēnē · CyreneG2957
• strangersἐπιδημέωepidēmeō · to sojournG1927
• RomeῬωμαῖοςRhōmaios · RomanG4514
• JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• proselytesπροσήλυτοςprosēlutos · proselyteG4339

Cross-references for Acts 2:10

• Acts 16:6Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia,
• Acts 18:23And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
• Acts 13:13Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
• Acts 14:24And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
• Acts 15:38But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
• Acts 27:5And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
• Genesis 12:10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to dwell there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
• Isaiah 19:23In that day shall there be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
• Jeremiah 9:26Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
• Hosea 11:1When Israelwas a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
• Matthew 2:15And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken from the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
• Revelation 11:8And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
• Jeremiah 46:9Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Cushites and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
• Ezekiel 30:5Cush, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
• Daniel 11:43But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Cushites shall be at his steps.
• Acts 6:9Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

Commentaries on Acts 2:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Phrygia - A country in Asia Minor, southward of Pontus. Pamphylia - The ancient name of the country of Natolia, now called Caramania, between Lycia and Cilicia, near the Mediterranean Sea. Egypt - A very extensive country of African bounded by the Mediterranean on the north; by the Red Sea and the Isthmus of Suez, which divide it from Arabia, on the east; by Abyssinia or Ethiopia on the south; and by the deserts of Barca and Nubia on the west. It was…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Phrygia, and Pamphylia - These were also two provinces of Asia Minor. Phrygia was surrounded by Galatia, Cappadocia, and Pisidia. Pamphylia was on the Mediterranean, and was bounded north by Pisidia. The language of all these places was doubtless the Greek, more or less pure. In Egypt - This was that extensive country, well known, on the south of the Mediterranean, watered by the Nile. It extends 600 miles from north to south, and from 100 to 120 miles…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. 10-11converts to Judaism: See study note on 13:43.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

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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