How do we hear, everyone in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!”
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Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky. When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language. They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans? How do we hear, everyone in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!” They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” Others, mocking, said, “They are filled with new wine.”
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How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?
Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,
Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!”
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And how heare we every man his awne touge wherein we were boren?
Parthians Medes and Elamytes and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia of Iury and of Capadocia of Ponthus and Asia
Phrigia Pamphilia and of Egypte and of the parties of Libia which is besyde Syrene and straungers of Rome Iewes and convertes
Grekes and Arabians: we have herde them speake with oure awne tonges the greate workes of God.
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How then heare we euery man our owne language, wherein we were borne?
Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the inhabitants of Mesopotamia, and of Iudea, and of Cappadocia, of Pontus, and Asia,
And of Phrygia, and Pamphylia, of Egypt, and of the partes of Libya, which is beside Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, and Iewes, and Proselytes,
Creetes, and Arabians: wee hearde them speake in our owne tongues the wonderful works of God.
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- 1 Peter 1:1 (v9) Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia,…
- Exodus 15:11 (v11) Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- 1 Corinthians 12:10 (v11) and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of…
- Acts 16:6 (vv9–10) When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
- Acts 18:2 (vv9–10) He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius…
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- Job 9:10 (v11) He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.
- Psalms 26:7 (v11) that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds.
- Psalms 78:4 (v11) We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds…
- Jeremiah 25:24 (v11) and all the kings of Arabia, all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the wilderness;
- Zechariah 8:23 (v10) Yahweh of Armies says: “In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they will take hold of the skirt of…
- 2 Timothy 1:15 (v9) This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
- Titus 1:12 (v11) One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”
- Hebrews 2:4 (v11) God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own…
- Revelation 1:4 (v9) John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven…
- Acts 6:9 (vv9–10) But some of those who were of the synagogue called “The Libertines”, and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and…
- Genesis 14:1 (v9) In the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar; Arioch, king of Ellasar; Chedorlaomer, king of Elam; and Tidal, king of Goiim,
- Genesis 24:10 (v9) The servant took ten of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He arose, and went to…
- 1 Kings 10:15 (v11) in addition to that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the…
- 2 Kings 17:6 (v9) In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the…
- 2 Chronicles 17:11 (v11) Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute. The Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand seven…
- 2 Chronicles 26:7 (v11) God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur Baal, and the Meunim.
- Psalms 40:5 (v11) Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to…
- Psalms 71:17 (v11) God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
- Psalms 77:11 (v11) I will remember Yah’s deeds; for I will remember your wonders of old.
- Psalms 89:5 (v11) The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh, your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
- Psalms 96:3 (v11) Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.
- Psalms 107:8 (v11) Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
- Psalms 107:15 (v11) Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
- Psalms 107:21 (v11) Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
- Psalms 111:4 (v11) He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. Yahweh is gracious and merciful.
- Psalms 136:4 (v11) to him who alone does great wonders; for his loving kindness endures forever:
- Isaiah 11:11 (v9) It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from…
- Isaiah 13:20 (v11) It will never be inhabited, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. The Arabian will not pitch a tent there, neither…
- Isaiah 25:1 (v11) Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete…
- Isaiah 28:29 (v11) This also comes out from Yahweh of Armies, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.
- Jeremiah 3:2 (v11) “Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an…
- Daniel 4:2-3 (v11) It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me. How great are his signs! How mighty are…
- Daniel 8:2 (v9) I saw the vision. Now it was so, that when I saw, I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision, and…
- Zechariah 8:20 (v10) Yahweh of Armies says: “Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;
- Acts 13:13 (v10) Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.
- Acts 13:43 (v10) Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged…
- Acts 15:38 (v10) But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them…
- Acts 18:23 (v10) Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.
- Acts 19:10 (v9) This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
- Acts 19:31 (v9) Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
- Acts 27:7 (v11) When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the…
- Acts 27:12 (v11) Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix,…
- Titus 1:5 (v11) I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I…
- Genesis 10:22 (v9) The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
- Genesis 12:10 (v10) There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.
- Deuteronomy 23:4 (v9) because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the…
- Judges 3:8 (v9) Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children…
- 1 Chronicles 19:6 (v9) When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of…
- Ezra 6:2 (v9) A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, and in it this was written for a record:
- Isaiah 19:23-25 (v10) In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the…
- Isaiah 21:2 (v9) A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have…
- Isaiah 21:13 (v11) The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, you caravans of Dedanites.
- Jeremiah 46:9 (v10) Go up, you horses! Rage, you chariots! Let the mighty men go out: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend…
- Ezekiel 30:5 (v10) “ ‘ “Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the mixed people, Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, will fall with them by the…
- Daniel 8:20 (v9) The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
- Daniel 11:43 (v10) But he will have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt. The Libyans and the Ethiopians…
- Hosea 11:1 (v10) “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
- Matthew 27:32 (v10) As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.
- Mark 15:21 (v10) They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might…
- Acts 7:2 (v9) He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in…
- Acts 11:20 (v10) But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord…
- Acts 14:24 (v10) They passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.
- Acts 19:27 (v9) Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as…
- Acts 20:16 (v9) For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for…
- Acts 20:18 (v9) When they had come to him, he said to them, “You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the…
- Acts 27:5 (v10) When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
- Romans 1:15 (v10) So as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.
- Romans 16:5 (v9) Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 16:19 (v9) The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8 (v9) For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down…
- Galatians 1:17 (v11) nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus.
- Galatians 4:25 (v11) For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.
- 2 Timothy 1:17 (v10) but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently and found me
- Revelation 1:11 (v9) saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and…
- Esther 8:17 (v10) In every province, and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good…
- Jeremiah 9:26 (v10) Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness, for all…
- Matthew 2:15 (v10) and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt…
- Acts 6:5 (v10) These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon,…
- Acts 13:1 (v10) Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene,…
- Acts 28:15 (v10) From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them,…
- Romans 1:7 (v10) to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 12:28 (v11) God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps,…
- Revelation 11:8 (v10) Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On v11 11. The wonderful works of God. Luke noteth two…
11. The wonderful works of God. Luke noteth two things which caused the hearers to wonder; first, because the apostles being before ignorant and private persons, born in a base corner, did, notwithstanding, intreat profoundly of divine matters, and of heavenly wisdom. The other is, because they have new tongues given them suddenly. Both things are worth the noting, because to huddle out [utter] words unadvisedly and foolishly, should not so much have served to move their minds; and the majesty of the things ought the more to have moved them to consider the miracle. Although they give due honor to God, in that they are astonished and amazed, yet the principal and of the miracle is expressed in this, that they inquire, and thereby declare that they are prepared to learn; for otherwise their amazedness and wondering should not have done them any great good. And certainly we must so wonder at the works of God, that there must be also a consideration, and a desire to understand.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv8, 10 Not that they spake with one voice, and many…
Not that they spake with one voice, and many languages were heard, but that the Apostles spake with strange tongues: for else the miracle had rather been in the hearers, whereas now it is in the speakers, Nazianzen in his oration of Whitsunday.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv8–10 8 And how hear we every man in our…
8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
Ver. 8. Every man in our our tongue] Cleopatra was so skilful in the Eastern tongues that she could readily answer the Ethiopian, Hebrew, Arabian, Syrian, Median, Parthian ambassadors that came unto her; turning and tuning her tongue with ease (as an instrument of many strings, {a} saith Plutarch) to what dialect soever she listed.
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{a} ωσπερ οργανον τι πολυχορδον
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv8–11 Διαλεκτος signifies commonly a different way of speaking, or…
Διαλεκτος signifies commonly a different way of speaking, or pronouncing in the same language; as our southern, and northern men differ in some words and pronunciation, though speaking both the English tongue. God’s works being most perfect, the apostles might speak, not only the same language which all understood, but in the same idiom and propriety of speech which agreed to every one best.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv8–11 And how hear we every man in our own…
And how hear we every man in our own tongue,.... Them speaking, as the Ethiopic version reads; that is, we everyone of us hear one or another, speak in the same language,
wherein we were born; our native language; for though these men were Jews by descent, yet were born and brought up in other countries, which language they spake; and not the Hebrew, or Syriac, or Chaldee.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv9–11 Judea - The dialect of which greatly differed from…
Judea - The dialect of which greatly differed from that of Galilee. Asia - The country strictly so called.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv8–11 Verse 8. How hear we every man in our…
Verse 8. How hear we every man in our own tongue] Some have supposed from this that the miracle was not so much wrought on the disciples as on their hearers: imagining that, although the disciples spoke their own tongue, yet every man so understood what was spoken as if it had been spoken in the language in which he was born. Though this is by no means so likely as the opinion which states that the disciples themselves spoke all these different languages, yet the miracle is the same, howsoever it be taken; for it must require as much of the miraculous power of God to enable an Arab to understand a Galilean, as to enable a Galilean to speak Arabic. But that the gift of tongues was actually given to the apostles, we have the fullest proof; as we find particular ordinances laid down by those very apostles for the regulation of the exercise of this gift; see 1Co 14:1, &c.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv8–11 Wherein we were born - That is, as we…
Wherein we were born - That is, as we say, in our native language; what is spoken where we were born.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v9 Parthians, &c.--Beginning with the farthest east, the Parthians, the…
Parthians, &c.--Beginning with the farthest east, the Parthians, the enumeration proceeds farther and farther westward till it comes to Judea; next come the western countries, from Cappadocia to Pamphylia; then the southern, from Egypt to Cyrene; finally, apart from all geographical consideration, Cretes and Arabians are placed together. This enumeration is evidently designed to convey an impression of universality [BAUMGARTEN].
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv8, 9, 11 8. Wherein we were born—The tongue of the country…
8. Wherein we were born—The tongue of the country of their birth. A Persian Jew understood Persic, an Egyptian one Coptic; just as an American Jew knows English, and in addition perhaps the vernacular Hebrew or Aramaic.
How shall we consider the house such as to admit so large an audience as this one hundred and twenty, three thousand devout hearers, and perhaps, five hundred mockers? We may figure an eastern structure (see fig., vol. i, pp. 121, 326) so built as to enclose a square central area, lined with galleries looking in upon the area from the four sides. The gathering crowds, called by the supernatural sound, fill the area and galleries; and from the most elevated gallery we conceive Peter as addressing the whole.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv8, 9, 11 8. every man in our own tongue] i.e. language.…
8. every man in our own tongue] i.e. language. There is no description here of any jargon or incoherent speech, we are told of utterances tested by the ears of those who had spoken these languages from their youth. The only question on which from St Luke’s description we are left in uncertainty is this: whether the disciples did or did not understand the new words which they were enabled to utter. The only other place in the New Testament which throws any light on this matter is St Paul’s first Epistle to the Corinthians. For a consideration of the expressions which St Paul there employs concerning these marvellous gifts, see note after Act_2:13.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv8–11 (8) And how hear we every man in our…
(8) And how hear we every man in our own tongue?—We have here, it is obvious, a composite utterance, in which the writer embodies the manifold expressions which came from those who represented the several nationalities that are afterwards enumerated.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv8–11 Language for tongue, A.V. Language. (dialektw, as in Act_1:19)…
Language for tongue, A.V. Language. (dialektw, as in Act_1:19) It only occurs in the New Testament in the Acts, and may mean either language or dialect. Here it is properly rendered language, and is synonymous with glwssaiv in ver. 11.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain On vv9–11 9. Parthians. The long list of nations embraces the…
9. Parthians. The long list of nations embraces the various races embraced in the we of verse 8. Parthia was east of the Tigris. Elam was an ancient name of Persia. Media, another part of the Medo-Persian empire, east of the Tigris. Mesopotamia was the seat of Babylon. These four countries just named were thickly populated with Jews descended from those carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar. Cappadocia. A Roman province not far from the Black Sea. Pontus. A province south and east of the Black Sea. Asia. The Roman province of which Ephesus was the capital. All the “seven churches” were in the province called “Asia.”
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William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain On vv8–9 8. E. g., while Peter was preaching in Greek…
8. E. g., while Peter was preaching in Greek the Parthian heard him in his native Chaldaic tongue, the Median, the Elamite and the Mesopotamian each heard in his own native dialect. And regardless of the language spoken by any One, every auditor heard in his own language. To human apprehension this was miraculous superfluity, as either of these miracles covered all the ground, and to our diagnosis precluded the necessity of the other. But in this double miracle we have a wonderful manifestation of the divine beneficence and the superabundance of redeeming grace (Rom 5:20). This double miracle largely accounts for the paradoxical efficiency of the gospel on that wonderful occasion when the world saw a brilliant prelude, adumbrating the ineffable glories of the coming kingdom.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain On vv8–11 See notes on verse 6
See notes on verse 6
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On vv8, 11
tongue
language.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v8 Why is it that we are hearing them, each…
Why is it that we are hearing them, each in our own language in which we were born?
Possible meanings are 1) this is a rhetorical question that expresses how amazed they were or 2) this is a real question for which the people wanted an answer. (See: Rhetorical Question)
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in our own language in which we were born
"in our own languages that we have learned from birth"
Parthians ... Arabians
This lists some of the many nations, regions, and cities from which they came. (See: How to Translate Names)
proselytes
converts to the Jewish religion
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Medes
Elam
Mesopotamia
Judea
Pontus
Asia
Egypt
Cyrene
Rome
Crete
Arabia
might
works
God
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv9–10 2:9-11 Parthians came from the region stretching from the…
2:9-11 Parthians came from the region stretching from the Tigris River eastward to India. Medes (now called Kurds) were from Media, east of Mesopotamia and north of the Persian Gulf. Elamites were from Elam (now in Iran), north of the Persian Gulf and just east of the Tigris River. Mesopotamia lay between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Judea was well known as the Jewish homeland. Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia were Roman provinces in Asia Minor (now in Turkey; see 1 Pet 1:1); Paul later taught and preached in some of these areas (see Acts 16:6; 19:10, 26). Phrygia and Pamphylia were districts of Asia Minor later visited by Paul (13:13; 18:23). Egypt had a large Jewish population, particularly in the city of Alexandria (see 18:24). North Africa was also represented by Libya and Cyrene. Rome was the imperial capital and the home of thousands of Jews. The Cretans came from the island of Crete, located south-southeast of Greece, and the Arabs from the area south and east of Jerusalem. • The inclusion of all of these nations suggests how the Good News was going to go out to the ends of the earth (1:8).
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