Acts 2:6

And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.

Majority Standard Bible

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

5Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

7Astounded and amazed, they asked one another, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

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Cross References

Acts 2:2Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

1 Corinthians 16:9because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.

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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