The Holy Spirit at Pentecost
Acts 2:6
In 9 translations
- BSB
- And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.
- KJV
- Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
- WEB
- When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
- ASV
- And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speaking in his own language.
- LSV
- and the rumor of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were, each one, hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,
- YLT
- and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,
- DBY
- But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.
- DRC
- And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue.
- GNV
- Nowe when this was noised, the multitude came together and were astonied, because that euery man heard them speake his owne language.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἤκουον (“was hearing”); Westcott–Hort read ἤκουσεν (“heard”).
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- SBLGNT: ἤκουον. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἤκουον; Westcott and Hort (1881) read ἤκουσεν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- γενομένης δὲ τῆς φωνῆς ταύτης συνῆλθε τὸ πλῆθος καὶ συνεχύθη, ὅτι ἤκουον εἷς ἕκαστος τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ λαλούντων αὐτῶν·
- RP2018
- Γενομένης δὲ τῆς φωνῆς ταύτης, συνῆλθεν τὸ πλῆθος καὶ συνεχύθη, ὅτι ἤκουον εἷς ἕκαστος τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ λαλούντων αὐτῶν.
- TR-Boyd
- Γενομένης δὲ τῆς φωνῆς ταύτης, συνῆλθε τὸ πλῆθος καὶ συνεχύθη, ὅτι ἤκουον εἷς ἕκαστος τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ λαλούντων αὐτῶν.
- SCR1894
- γενομενης δε της φωνης ταυτης συνηλθεν το πληθος και συνεχυθη οτι ηκουον εις εκαστος τη ιδια διαλεκτω λαλουντων αυτων
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Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Corinthians 2:12Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
- Matthew 2:3When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
- Acts 3:11While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.
- Acts 2:2Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
- 1 Corinthians 16:9because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.
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