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Acts 2:7 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans? "
Acts 2:7
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5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.
6 When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
7 They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans?
8 How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?
9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,
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Acts 2:1
"Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place."
Acts 2:2
"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."
Acts 2:3
"Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them."
Acts 2:4
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