The Holy Spirit at Pentecost
Acts 2:12
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”
- KJV
- And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
- WEB
- They were all amazed and were perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”
- ASV
- And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
- LSV
- And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying to one another, “What would this wish to be?”
- YLT
- And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one unto another, 'What would this wish to be?'
- DBY
- And they were all amazed and in perplexity, saying one to another, What would this mean?
- DRC
- And they were all astonished, and wondered, saying one to another: What meaneth this?
- GNV
- They were all then amased, and douted, saying one to another, What may this be?
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Byzantine text read διηπόρουν (“they were perplexed”); Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read διηποροῦντο (“theythemselves were perplexed”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read θέλει (“intends”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read θέλοι (“would intend”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἄν (“maybe”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: διηπόρουν. Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read διηπόρουν; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read διηποροῦντο.
- SBLGNT: θέλει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read θέλει; Robinson–Pierpont read ἄν θέλοι.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ διηπόρουν, ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες· Τί θέλει τοῦτο εἶναι;
- RP2018
- Ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ διηπόρουν, ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες, Τί ἂν θέλοι τοῦτο εἶναι;
- TR-Boyd
- Ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ διηπόρουν, ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες, Τί ἂν θέλοι τοῦτο εἶναι;
- SCR1894
- εξισταντο δε παντες και διηπορουν αλλος προς αλλον λεγοντες τι αν θελοι τουτο ειναι
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Cross-references most cited first
- Acts 17:20For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”
- Luke 18:36When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
- Luke 15:26So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.
- Acts 10:17While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
- Acts 2:7Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?
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