Acts 2:12
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
KJV
ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ διηποροῦντο, ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες, τί θέλει τοῦτο εἶναι;
Greek NT
Stupebant autem omnes, et mirabantur ad invicem, dicentes : Quidnam vult hoc esse ?
Vulgate
And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
ASV
And they were all astonished, and wondered, saying one to another: What meaneth this?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διαπορέω
diaporeo
verb · 4×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἐξίστημι
existemi
verb · 17×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: διηπόρουν | NIV/RP: διηπόρουν | WH/Treg: διηποροῦντο
- διηπόρουν — SBLGNT
- διηπόρουν — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- διηποροῦντο — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: θέλει | WH/Treg/NIV: θέλει | RP: ἄν θέλοι
- θέλει — SBLGNT
- θέλει — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἄν θέλοι — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1287This fullness of the Spirit was not to remain uniquely the Messiah's, but was to be communicated to the whole messianic people.93 On several occasions Christ promised this outpouring of the Spirit,94 a promise which he fulfilled first on Easter Sunday and then more strikingly at Pentecost.95 Filled with the Holy Spirit the apostles began to proclaim "the mighty works of God," a…
Cross-references
- Acts 2:7 — And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
- Acts 17:20 — For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
- Luke 15:26 — And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
- Luke 18:36 — And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.