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

8How is it that we each hear our own birth language? 9Parthians and Medes and Elamites and those living in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and parts of Libya toward Cyrene, and visitors from Rome 11(both Jewish people and proselytes), Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring in our own tongues the mighty deeds of God!” 12And they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other, “What does this mean?”

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• PhrygiaΦρυγίαPhrugia · PhrygiaG5435
• ·τεte · and/bothG5037
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• PamphyliaΠαμφυλίαPamphulia · PamphyliaG3828
• in EgyptΑἴγυπτοςAiguptos · EgyptG125
• in the partsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• in the partsμέροςmeros · partG3313
• of LibyaΛιβύηLibuē · LibyaG3033
• aboutκατάkata · according toG2596
• CyreneΚυρήνηKurēnē · CyreneG2957
• strangersἐπιδημέωepidēmeō · to sojournG1927
• of RomeῬωμαῖοςRhōmaios · RomanG4514
• JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• proselytesπροσήλυτοςprosēlutos · proselyteG4339

Cross-references for Acts 2:10

• Acts 16:6They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Ruach ha-Kodesh to speak the word in Asia.
• Acts 18:23After spending some time there, he departed and went one place after another throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
• Acts 13:13Setting sail from Paphos, Paul’s company came to Perga in Pamphylia. John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
• Acts 14:24Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphyllia.
• Acts 15:38But Paul was insisting that they shouldn’t take him along—the one who had deserted them in Pamphylia, not accompanying them in the work.
• Acts 27:5When we had sailed across the open sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down to Myra in Lysia.
• Genesis 12:10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live as an outsider there, because the famine was severe in the land.
• Isaiah 19:23In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
• Hosea 11:1“When Israel was a youth I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
• Matthew 2:15He stayed there until Herod’s death. This was to fulfill what was spoken by Adonai through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My son.”
• Revelation 11:8And their corpses will lie in the open street of the great city that figuratively is called Sodom and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.
• Jeremiah 46:9Prance, you horses, and rush madly, you chariots. Let the warriors go out— Cush and Put grasping the shield, Lydians grasping and bending the bow!
• Ezekiel 30:5Ethiopia, Put and Lud, all the mixed people, Libya, and children of the covenant land will fall with them by the sword.’”
• Daniel 11:43He will gain control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver, as well as all of the riches of Egypt. The Libyans and the Cushites will also be under his feet.
• Acts 6:9But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen—both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and Asia—stood up and began arguing 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

Topics related to Acts 2:10

• Cyrene
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• Pamphylia
• Phrygia
• Prophecy
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• Testimony
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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