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Acts 2:6 — Meaning and Application

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. {was...: Gr. voice was made confounded: or, troubled in mind}”

Acts 2:6

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4

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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. {was...: Gr. voice was made confounded: or, troubled in mind}

7

And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

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And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

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