Acts 2:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶ And when they heard the noise [of the blowing wind] a large number of them assembled [around the apostles] and were puzzled over how they could hear them speaking in their native languages.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together and they were astonished and bewildered, because each one heard them [the apostles] speaking in his own [particular] dialect.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speaking in his own language.

Common English Bible

⁶ When they heard this sound, a crowd gathered. They were mystified because everyone heard them speaking in their native languages.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together and was confused in mind, because each one was listening to them speaking in his own language.

Acts 2:6 Cross References

2 Corinthians 2:12

Now when I came to Troas [See Acts 16:8], in order to preach the good news about Christ, and when a door [of opportunity] was opened to me in [the service of] the Lord [there],

1 Corinthians 16:9

because a great door [of opportunity] has opened up to me [here] for doing an effective work [for God], but there are [also] many enemies who oppose me. [See Acts 19].

Acts 3:11

And as this [former] crippled man stayed close beside Peter and John, all the people rushed toward them at “Solomon’s Portico” [Note: This was a large covered area, with rows of columns, on the side of the Temple enclosure], completely astonished [at what had happened].

Acts 2:2

Suddenly a rushing sound, like a fierce wind blowing, came from the sky above them, and [its noise] filled the entire house where they were sitting.

Matthew 2:3

And when King Herod heard this, he and the entire city of Jerusalem were [very] upset.

Luke 21:25

“Then [Note: This event answers to the “immediately” of Matt. 24:29, and suggests the next major event on God’s calendar] there will be [supernatural] signs [evident] in the sun and moon and stars. And on earth [there will be] distress among nations; they will be perplexed by the roaring of the ocean’s churning waves. [Note: Probably this is figurative language for highly agitated conditions on earth].