Acts 2:5

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

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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 with Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages, as the Spirit was granting to them to speak out.

6So when that roar occurred, the crowd came together, and was bewildered, because each one was hearing them speaking to him in his own dialect.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:14And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole inhabited earth as a witness to all the ethnic nations, and then the end will come.

Luke 17:24Because just like the lightning that lights the whole sky when it flashes, so also will the Son of the Man be in His day.

John 12:20Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

Acts 8:2(Devout men had buried Stephen and made a 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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