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bothτεJewsἸουδαῖοίandκαὶproselytes,προσήλυτοιCretansΚρῆτεςandκαὶArabs:Ἄραβεςwe hearἀκούομενthemαὐτῶνspeakingλαλούντωνin ourταῖς ἡμετέραιςtonguesγλώσσαιςthe mighty worksτὰ μεγαλεῖαof God.”τοῦ θεοῦ
Acts 2:11
Study it in the app“both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs: we hear them speaking in our tongues the mighty works of God.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 2:11, word by word
- JewsἸουδαῖοίIoudaioi
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaioi” appears- proselytesπροσήλυτοιprosēlytoi
proselyte
Proselyte: someone who was not a Jew and became a convert to Judaism.
Where else “prosēlytoi” appears- CretansΚρῆτεςKrētes
Cretan
Cretan: a person from the island of Crete.
Where else “Krētes” appears- ArabsἌραβεςArabes
Arab
Arab: a person from Arabia.
Where else “Arabes” appears- we hearἀκούομενakouomen
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “akouomen” appears- speakingλαλούντωνlalountōn
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalountōn” appears- in ourἡμετέραιςhēmeterais
our
Our.
Where else “hēmeterais” appears- tonguesγλώσσαιςglōssais
language
The speech of a people.
Where else “glōssais” appears- the mighty worksμεγαλεῖαmegaleia
mighty works
Mighty works, great and wonderful deeds.
Where else “megaleia” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
Translation note
Proselytes were people who were not Jewish and had converted to Judaism.
The context
10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and the visiting Romans,
11 · This verse (above)
12And all were astonished and perplexed, saying one to another, “What does this mean?”
To study Acts 2 in a group
1. What it says
What happened on the day of Pentecost when the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit, and what did the crowd hear? (vv. 4-8)
2. What it means
Peter explains what happened using the Scriptures and Jesus. What does he want the people to understand about Jesus? (vv. 22-36)
3. How I live it
The first believers shared teaching, meals and possessions (vv. 42-45). What could you share this week with someone close to you?