What Does Acts 10:46 Mean?

“they heard”

to hear (in various senses)

“For”

properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)

“them”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“speak with”

to talk, i.e., utter words

“tongues”

the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“magnify”

to make (or declare) great, i.e., increase or (figuratively) extol

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“God”

a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)

“Then”

the when, i.e., at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution)

“answered”

to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by hebraism (compare h6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“Peter”

a (piece of) rock (larger than g3037); as a name, petrus, an apostle