6 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 .

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 2:6

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.