Acts 2:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

suddenly. Greek. aphno. Only here; Acts 16:26; Acts 28:6.

sound. Greek. echos. Only here; Luke 4:37; Hebrews 12:19.

from. App-104.

heaven. the heaven (singular) See Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.

rushing, &c.. a mighty wind borne along.

rushing. Greek. pass, of phero. Same word as in 2 Peter 1:21 (moved).

mighty. Greek. biaios. Only here. The noun, bia (force), is only found in Acts. See Acts 5:26.

wind. blast. Greek. pnoe, from pneo, to breathe, or blow, whence pneuma. Only here and Acts 17:25. In the Septuagint twenty-one times, of which fifteen are the rendering of the Hebrew neshamah. App-16.

Acts 2:2

2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.