Acts 2:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Men of Parthia, Media, and Elam, and those living in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 1:1 : 1 Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
  • Acts 16:6 : 6 And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;
  • Acts 18:2 : 2 And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;
  • Acts 19:10 : 10 And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.
  • Gen 14:1 : 1 Now in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,
  • 2 Kgs 17:6 : 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and took Israel away to Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes.
  • Isa 11:11 : 11 And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.
  • Rev 1:4 : 4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and was and is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his high seat;
  • 2 Tim 1:15 : 15 You have had news that all those in Asia went away from me; among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes:
  • Dan 8:2 : 2 And I saw in the vision; and when I saw it, I was in the strong town Shushan, which is in the country of Elam; and in the vision I was by the water-door of the Ulai.
  • Acts 6:9 : 9 But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.
  • Acts 7:2 : 2 And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,
  • Dan 8:20 : 20 The sheep which you saw with two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
  • Gen 10:22 : 22 These are the sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.
  • Rev 1:11 : 11 Saying, What you see, put in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
  • Isa 21:2 : 2 A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.
  • 1 Chr 19:6 : 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves hated by David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver as payment for war-carriages and horsemen from Mesopotamia and Aram-maacah and Zobah.
  • Ezra 6:2 : 2 And at Achmetha, in the great house of the king in the land of Media, they came across a roll, in which this statement was put on record:
  • Gen 24:10 : 10 And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.
  • Deut 23:4 : 4 Because they gave you no bread or water on your way, when you came out of Egypt: and they got Balaam, the son of Peor, from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to put curses on you.
  • Judg 3:8 : 8 So the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel were his servants for eight years.
  • Acts 19:27 : 27 And there is danger, not only that our trade may be damaged in the opinion of men, but that the holy place of the great goddess Diana may be no longer honoured, and that she to whom all Asia and the world give worship, will be put down from her high position.
  • Acts 19:31 : 31 And some of the rulers of Asia, being his friends, sent to him, requesting him seriously not to put himself in danger by going into the theatre.
  • Acts 20:16 : 16 For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
  • Acts 20:18 : 18 And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,
  • Rom 16:5 : 5 And say a kind word to the church which is in their house. Give my love to my dear Epaenetus, who is the first fruit of Asia to Christ.
  • 1 Cor 16:19 : 19 The churches of Asia send their love to you. So do Aquila and Prisca, with the church which is in their house.
  • 2 Cor 1:8 : 8 For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Acts 2:10-12
    3 verses
    85%

    10 In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,

    11 Men of Crete and Arabia, to all of us they are talking in our different languages, of the great works of God.

    12 And they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this?

  • Acts 2:1-8
    8 verses
    81%

    1 And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all together in one place.

    2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rushing of a violent wind, and all the house where they were was full of it.

    3 And they saw tongues, like flames of fire, coming to rest on every one of them.

    4 And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

    5 Now there were living at Jerusalem, Jews, God-fearing men, from every nation under heaven.

    6 And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language.

    7 And they were full of wonder and said, Are not all these men Galilaeans?

    8 And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?

  • Acts 19:10
    71%

    10 And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.

  • 1 Pet 1:1
    70%

    1 Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

  • Acts 2:14
    70%

    14 But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.

  • Acts 14:4
    69%

    4 But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles.

  • Acts 20:4
    69%

    4 And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia.

  • Acts 11:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19 Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

    20 But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.

  • Acts 6:9
    68%

    9 But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.

  • Acts 11:1
    68%

    1 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 10:46
    67%

    46 And they were talking in tongues, and giving glory to God. Then Peter said,

  • Acts 16:12
    67%

    12 And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.

  • Acts 1:13
    67%

    13 And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

  • Acts 24:18
    67%

    18 And having been made clean, I was in the Temple, but not with a great number of people, and not with noise: but there were certain Jews from Asia,

  • Acts 22:2
    67%

    2 And, hearing him talking in the Hebrew language, they became the more quiet, and he said,

  • Acts 1:8
    66%

    8 But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

  • Acts 4:6
    66%

    6 And Annas, the high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest.

  • Acts 14:6
    66%

    6 Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:

  • Acts 8:6
    66%

    6 And all the people gave attention to the words which Philip said, when they saw the signs which he did.

  • 1 Chr 9:2-3
    2 verses
    66%

    2 Now the first to take up their heritage in their towns were: Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

    3 And in Jerusalem there were living some of the sons of Judah, and of Benjamin, and of Ephraim and Manasseh;

  • Acts 10:27
    66%

    27 And saying these words, he went in, and saw that a great number of people had come together;

  • Acts 4:8
    66%

    8 Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,

  • Acts 9:30-32
    3 verses
    66%

    30 And when the brothers had knowledge of it, they took him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.

    31 And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

    32 And it came about that while Peter was going through all parts of the country he came to the saints who were living at Lydda.

  • Acts 5:12
    66%

    12 Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.

  • Acts 19:29
    66%

    29 And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.

  • Acts 19:1
    66%

    1 And it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having gone through the higher country, came to Ephesus, where there were certain disciples:

  • Acts 19:32
    66%

    32 And some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together.

  • Acts 8:14
    65%

    14 Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;

  • Acts 13:44
    65%

    44 And on the Sabbath after, almost all the town came together to give hearing to the word of God.

  • Acts 16:6
    65%

    6 And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;

  • Acts 17:6
    65%

    6 And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

  • Acts 1:21
    65%

    21 For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

  • Acts 21:27
    65%

    27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the Temple, got the people together and put their hands on him,

  • Acts 27:2
    65%

    2 And we went to sea in a ship of Adramyttium which was sailing to the sea towns of Asia, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

  • Acts 19:34
    65%

    34 But when they saw that he was a Jew, all of them with one voice went on crying out for about two hours, Great is Diana of Ephesus.

  • Acts 19:7
    65%

    7 And there were about twelve of these men.

  • Acts 17:1
    65%

    1 Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews: