Acts 2:7
Yea they were beside themselves and did marvel, saying—Lo! are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
8How then do, we, hear each one in our own language in which we were born?
Cross References
Matthew 4:18And, walking round beside the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren—Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,—casting a large fishing-net into the sea, for they were fishers;
Matthew 26:73And, after a little, the by-standers, coming forward, said unto Peter: Truly, thou also, art, from among them, for, thy very speech, maketh thee, manifest.
Mark 2:12And he arose, and, straightway taking up the couch, went forth before all,—so that all were beside themselves and were glorifying God, [saying] —Thus, we never saw it!
Acts 1:11Who also said—Men of Galilee! why stand ye looking into heaven? This Jesus who hath been taken up from you into heaven, shall so come, in like manner as ye yourselves have gazed upon him going into heaven.
Acts 3:10And they began to recognise him, that, the same, was he who, for the alms, used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple;—and they were filled with amazement and transport at what had happened unto him.
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 →