King James Version
What Does Acts 2:11 Mean?
“Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.”
Context
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Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
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Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
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Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
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And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
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Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(11) **The wonderful works of God.**—Better, *the great things, *or *the majesty, of God.* The word is the same as in Luke 1:49. The word points, as has been said above, distinctly to words of praise and not of teaching.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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