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They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, "Behold, aren`t all these who speak Galileans?
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Commentators unanimously stress that the speakers were Galileans, a detail crucial to the miracle. Galileans were widely considered uneducated, provincial, and even mocked for their poor pronunciation of their own language. The crowd's shock wasn't just that they spoke other languages, but that these specific people did, making God's power undeniable.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Galilaeans. Inhabitants of Galilee. It was remarkable that they should speak in this manner, because
Were amazed (εξισταντο). Imperfect middle of εξιστημ, to stand out of themselves, wide-open astonishment.
Marvelled…
19th Century
Anglican
They were all amazed and marveled.—It will be noted that this is precisely in accordance with what Saint Paul describes a…
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Baptist
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a r…
Galileans had difficulty pronouncing gutturals and had the habit of swallowing syllables when speaking; so they were looked down upon by the people…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they were all amazed, and marvelled They were struck with surprise, they were as it were out of themselves, like…
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