And when[a] this sound occurred, the crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one was hearing them speaking in his own language. And they were astounded and astonished, saying, “Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how do we hear, each one of us, in our own native language?[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:6 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“happened”)
  2. Acts 2:8 Literally “our own language in which we were born”

When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. Utterly amazed,(A) they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?(B) Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language?

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