Acts 2:12

Webster's Bible (1833)

They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this mean?"

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 15:26 : 26 He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.
  • Luke 18:36 : 36 Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
  • Acts 2:7 : 7 They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, "Behold, aren't all these who speak Galileans?
  • Acts 10:17 : 17 Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the gate,
  • Acts 17:20 : 20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."

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    1Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.

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    6When this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.

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