12And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
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And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-13)We have here an account of the public notice that was taken of this extraordinary gift with which the disciples were all on a sudden endued. Observe, I. The great concourse of people that there was now at Jerusalem, it should seem more than was usual at the feast of pentecost. There were dwelling or abiding at Jerusalem Jews that were devout men , disposed to religion, and that had the fear of God…
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