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Andκαὶhow is it thatπῶςweἡμεῖςhear them,ἀκούομενeach of usἕκαστοςin our ownτῇ ἰδίᾳ ἡμῶνlanguageδιαλέκτῳinἐνwhichᾗwe were born?ἐγεννήθημεν
Acts 2:8
Study it in the app“And how is it that we hear them, each of us in our own language in which we were born?”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 2:8, word by word
- hear themἀκούομενakouomen
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “akouomen” appears- each of usἕκαστοςhekastos
each
Each, each one.
Where else “hekastos” appears- in our ownἰδίᾳidiai
own
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idiai” appears- languageδιαλέκτῳdialektōi
language
Language, the speech of a people; also manner of speaking.
Where else “dialektōi” appears- we were bornἐγεννήθημενegennēthēmen
be born
To give birth, or come into the world.
Where else “egennēthēmen” appears
The context
7And they were astonished and amazed, saying, “Look, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
8 · This verse (above)
9Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who live in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
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?