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Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, (A)devout men from every nation under heaven. And when (B)this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own [a]language. (C)So they were astounded and marveling, saying, “Behold, are not all these who are speaking (D)Galileans? And how is it that we each hear them in our own [b]language in which we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and (E)Cappadocia, (F)Pontus and [c](G)Asia, 10 (H)Phrygia and (I)Pamphylia, Egypt and the district of Libya around (J)Cyrene, and [d](K)visitors from Rome, both Jews and [e](L)proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:6 Or dialect
  2. Acts 2:8 Or dialect
  3. Acts 2:9 West coast province of Asia Minor
  4. Acts 2:10 Lit the sojourning Romans
  5. Acts 2:10 Gentile converts to Judaism