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Acts 2:6
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4 And athey were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began bto speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.  

The Crowd’s Response

5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, adevout men, from every nation under heaven.  
6 And when this sound occurred, the amultitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language.  
7 Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak aGalileans?  
8 And how is it that we hear, each in our own1 language in which we were born?  
9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and aCappadocia, Pontus and Asia,  
10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.”  
12 So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?”
13 Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.”
Verse Comparison: Acts 2:6

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American Standard Version
And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speaking in his own language.

Amplified® Bible
And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together and they were astonished {and} bewildered, because each one heard them [the apostles] speaking in his own [particular] dialect.

Contemporary English Version
And when they heard this noise, a crowd gathered. But they were surprised, because they were hearing everything in their own languages.

Darby English Version
But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.

Good News Bible
When they heard this noise, a large crowd gathered. They were all excited, because all of them heard the believers talking in their own languages.

International Standard Version
When that sound came, the crowd rushed together and was startled because each one heard the disciples speaking in his own language.

King James Version
Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

New American Standard Bible
And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language.

New International Version
When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

New King James Version
And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and felt bewildered because each one of them had heard them speak in his own language.

Young's Literal Translation
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,


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