Acts 2:5

Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

In Context

4And they were all filled of Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them to declare.

6And the sound of this that happened brought the multitude together. And it was bewildered because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:16and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou sow in the field, and the feast of ingathering at the end of the year, when thou gather in thy labors out of the field.

Isaiah 66:18For I [know] their works and their thoughts. [The time] comes, that I will gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come, and shall see my glory.

Matthew 24:14And this good-news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Luke 17:24For just as the lightning, its flashing from under the sky to under the sky, illuminates, so will the Son of man be in his day.

John 12:20Now some Greeks were from those who came up so that they might worship at the feast.

Acts 8:2And devout men arranged to bury Stephen, and they made great lamentation over him.

Matthew Henry on Acts 2:2-5

The Day of Pentecost. 1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. We have here an account of the descent of the Holy Ghost upon… Read the whole commentary →

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