Acts 2:12

And they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this?

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In The King James Version

And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

In Context

11Men of Crete and Arabia, to all of us they are talking in our different languages, of the great works of God.

13But others, making sport of them, said, They are full of new wine.

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Cross References

Luke 15:26And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.

Acts 2:7And they were full of wonder and said, Are not all these men Galilaeans?

Acts 17:20For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.

Matthew Henry on Acts 2:6-14

The Day of Pentecost. 5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. 6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. 7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilæans? 8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in… Read the whole commentary →

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