Acts 2:6

and the rumor of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were, each one, hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,

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In The King James Version

Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

In Context

5And there were Jews dwelling in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation of those under the heaven,

7and they were all amazed, and wondered, saying to one another, “Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

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Cross References

Acts 2:2and there came suddenly out of the sky a sound as of a violent rushing wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting,

1 Corinthians 16:9for a door has been opened to me—great and effectual—and withstanders [are] many.

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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