Acts 2:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

dwelling. Greek. katoikeo. As in Acts 1:19. Not sojourners for the Feast, but Jews of the dispersion who had taken up their abode at Jerusalem, perhaps because of the expectation of the Messiah. Compare Luke 2:25; Luke 2:38.

at. in. App-104.

devout. pious. Greek. eulabes. Only here, Acts 8:2, and Luke 2:25.

men. App-123.

out of. Greek. apo. App-104.

nation. Greek. ethnos. In Acts translated twelve times, "nation"; thirty times, "Gentiles"; once, "people" (Acts 8:9); and once, "heathen" (Acts 4:25).

under. of those under. App-104.

Acts 2:5

5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.