Acts 2:8

And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

In Context

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

9Men of Parthia, Media, and Elam, and those living in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,

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Cross References

Psalms 145:12So that the sons of men may have knowledge of his acts of power, and of the great glory of his kingdom.

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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