Acts 2:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, 'What does this mean?'

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  • Luke 15:26 : 26 And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.
  • Luke 18:36 : 36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
  • Acts 2:7 : 7 They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, 'Behold, are not all these who speak Galileans?'
  • Acts 10:17 : 17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen meant, behold, the men who were sent from Cornelius had inquired for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,
  • Acts 17:20 : 20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears: we want to know what these things mean.

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    1 When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all together in one place.

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    4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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    6 When this sound occurred, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

    7 They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, 'Behold, are not all these who speak Galileans?'

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    13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they realized that they had been with Jesus.

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