Acts 2:12
And all were astounded and bewildered, saying one to another, What does this wish to be?
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
In Context
11Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking the mighty works of God in our own languages.
13And others mocking, continued to say, that these people are full of fermented wine.
Cross References
Luke 15:26And calling one of the servants, asked him what these things might be.
Acts 2:7And they were all astounded and marveled, saying, Are not all these who are speaking, Galileans?
Acts 17:20For you bring certain strange things to our hearing: therefore we desire to know what these things wish to be.
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 →