Acts 2:12
12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, "What does this mean?"
Other Translations of Acts 2:12
King James Version
12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
English Standard Version
12 And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"
The Message
12 Their heads were spinning; they couldn't make head or tail of any of it. They talked back and forth, confused: "What's going on here?"
New King James Version
12 So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "Whatever could this mean?"
New Living Translation
12 They stood there amazed and perplexed. "What can this mean?" they asked each other.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 2:12
Commentary on Acts 2:5-13
(Read Acts 2:5-13)
The difference in languages which arose at Babel, has much hindered the spread of knowledge and religion. The instruments whom the Lord first employed in spreading the Christian religion, could have made no progress without this gift, which proved that their authority was from God.