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Acts 2:5 KJV
Acts · chapter 2 · verse 5
And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.Acts 2:5 · King James Version
Acts 2:5 in context
3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemierousalēmJerusalem = " set ye double peace" , denotes either the city itself or the…G2419 →
- dwellingkatoikeōto dwell, settle, metaph. divine powers, influences, etc., are said to dwell in his soul…G2730 →
- devouteulabēstaking hold well, carefully and surely, cautiously, reverencing God, pious, religiousG2126 →
- nationethnosa multitude associated or living together, a company, troop, swarm, a multitude of…G1484 →
- JewsioudaiosJewish, belonging to the Jewish nation, Jewish as respects to birth, origin, religionG2453 →
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We have here an account of the public notice that was taken of this extraordinary gift with which the disciples were all on a sudden endued. Observe, I. The great concourse of people that there was now at Jerusalem, it should seem more than was usual at the feast of pentecost.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-13