Acts 2:6

And when this report spread, the multitude collected around them, and were overwhelmed with astonishment, because they heard them speaking every one in his own peculiar dialect.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 at Jerusalem, Jews, men of piety, from every nation under heaven.

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

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Cross References

Acts 2:2And there came suddenly from heaven a sound as it were of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

1 Corinthians 16:9for there is opened to me a great door, and effectual, and there are many adversaries.

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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