Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?
Parallel translations
- WEB They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans?
- KJV And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
- NKJV Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak Galileans?
- NASB They were amazed and astonished, saying, “Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
- NLT They were completely amazed. “How can this be?” they exclaimed. “These people are all from Galilee,
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Quick answer
The crowd marvels that uneducated Galileans are speaking their languages. It heightens the wonder of the Spirit's work.
Overview
That ordinary Galileans speak many foreign languages amazes the hearers. The crowd recognizes this cannot be explained by natural learning. The miracle points to the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit at work in the church.
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Cross-references · 10
- Acts 2:12Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”
- Acts 1:11“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
- John 7:52“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
- Acts 14:11–12When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”
- Mark 1:27All the people were amazed and began to ask one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”
- Matt 26:73After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”
- Acts 3:10they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
- Mark 2:12And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
- Matt 4:18–22As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
- Matt 21:11The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
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