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Acts 2:7
Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Jerusalem crowd, having heard the disciples speak in their own native languages, turns to one another and questions whether the speakers are all from Galilee.
The words — The supplied Greek terms ἐξίσταντο (existanto) and ἐθαύμαζον (ethaumazon) literally mean "they were amazed" and "were marveling," documenting the crowd's stunned reaction to the linguistic event.
The thread — The crowd's bewildered questioning reappears in Acts 2:12, while the repeated focus on Galilean identity connects to Acts 1:11 and John 7:52.
Why it lands — The text forces the reader to confront how an ordinary geographic origin does not restrict the authority or reach of the proclamation being made.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans?
Cross-references
- Acts 2:12 Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”
- Acts 1:11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
- John 7:52 “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
- Acts 14:11 When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”
- Matthew 4:18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
- Matthew 21:11 The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
- Matthew 26:73 After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”
- Mark 1:27 All the people were amazed and began to ask one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”
- Mark 2:12 And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
- Acts 3:10 they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.