Acts 2:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? ”

Acts 2:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Were in doubt - This expression, διηπόρουν diēporoun, denotes “a state of hesitancy or anxiety about an event.” It is applied to those who are traveling, and are ignorant of the way, or who...
Acts 2:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? (2) God's word pierces some in such a way that it drives them to seek out the truth, and it so chokes other...
Acts 2:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Effect on Outsiders. The visitation has taken place in a house, but the noise is heard, not the speaking with tongues, all over the town; a crowd collects, made up of pious and thoughtful men,...
Acts 2:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

were in doubt . were perplexed. Occurs here; Acts 5:24 ; Acts 10:17 ; Luke 9:7 ; Luke 24:4 . What meaneth this? . What does this imply? Greek. thelo. (App-102.)
Acts 2:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. Others mocking Hereby it appeareth how monstrous as well the sluggishness, as also the ungodliness of men is, when Satan hath taken away their mind. If God should openly (and visibly) de...
Acts 2:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
Acts 2:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And were in doubt,— "And they were all in a mixture of amazement and perplexity."
Acts 2:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, х dieeporoun ( G1280 ), or-ounto] - were quite at a los...
Acts 2:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Day of Pentecost 1-13. Pentecost. On this day the risen Lord fulfilled His promise to send another Comforter (or Advocate) 'that He may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of Truth, whom...
Acts 2:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They were all amazed, and were in doubt. — The last word is somewhat stronger in the Greek: “were much perplexed,” as in Luke 24:4 . No New Testament writer uses it except St. Luke. What meaneth...
Acts 2:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Speaking in Strange Tongues Acts 2:1-13 The priests in the Temple were offering the first loaves of the new harvest, in celebration of the feast of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came as the f...
Acts 2:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first paragraph of this chapter records the first page of the history of the Church. It is seen as it began to form. The separated units of the disciples were fused into the new unity of the Chur...
Acts 2:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? (13) Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. I detain the Reader over these two verses, just to ca...
Acts 2:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they were all amazed ,.... That is, all these devout men, Jews and proselytes, which came from other nations before mentioned: and were in doubt ; not whether the apostles spoke in various lan...
Acts 2:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. 12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? Ver. 12. The wond...
Acts 2:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And there were dwelling Or sojourning; in Jerusalem, Jews Now gathered from all parts, by the peculiar providence of God; devout Greek, ευλαβεις, pious men, from every nation under heaven Sho...
Acts 2:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The feast of Pentecost in Israel looked forward to the very day on which God had decreed that the Spirit of God should come to form and indwell and empower the Church of God, which Christ had declare...
Acts 2:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Day of Pentecost. 5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. 6 Now when this...
Acts 2:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; They were all amazed; so Acts 2:7 ; existanto, they were as in an ecstasy, (the object was too strong for the faculty), they could not fathom the cause or reason of these wonderful thin...
Acts 2:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reaction Of The Hearers (2:5-13).
Acts 2:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 2:5 . Dwelling at Jerusalem .—Not. “permanently residing” only, a sense the word usually has in Luke’s writings ( Luke 1:19 ; Luke 4:16 ; Luke 13:4 ), but also “temporari...
Acts 2:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 2:1-13 Pentecost I. The congregation in that upper room was the representative, or, as it were, the seed-germ, of the whole Catholic Church of all the centuries and of every land. For a symb...
Acts 2:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 2:1-8 . And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. «And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all th...
Acts 2:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:1 . The day of Pentecost. The fiftieth day after our Lord's resurrection, and the day when the sheaf of the firstfruits was offered. Though the feast of Pentecost was but one day, yet like...
Acts 2:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

And they were all amazed. Whit Sunday, or what our Churches need Notice-- I. Three things immediately preceding the outpouring of the Spirit--things which if not the direct cause of a reviva...
Acts 2:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 2:1 Was now come for was fully come, A.V.; all together for with one accord, A.V. and T.R. When the day of Pentecost was now come ; literally, when the day of Pent...
Acts 2:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The effect of the miracle upon the multitude:
Acts 2:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 10:17 ; Acts 17:20 ; Luke 15:26 ; Luke 18:36
Acts 2:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Results of Pentecost Acts 2:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Before Christ went away He said unto the disciples, "Behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you: but tarry ye in Jerusalem, until...
Acts 2:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They were all amazed — All the devout men.

Acts 2:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 2:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 2:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 2:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 2:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 2:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 2:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 2:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 2:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 2:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 2:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 2:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 2:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 2:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 2:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 2:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 2:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 2:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 2:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 2:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 2:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 2:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 2:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes