Acts 2:6
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And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue.

Luke 21:25
And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea, and of the waves:

Acts 2:2
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind coming: and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

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

was noised abroad.

Acts 3:11 And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran to them, to the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

1 Corinthians 16:9 For a great door and evident is opened unto me: and many adversaries.

2 Corinthians 2:12 And when I was come to Troas for the gospel of Christ and a door was opened unto me in the Lord,

confounded.

Matthew 2:3 And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Context
The Holy Spirit at Pentecost
5Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. 6And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue. 7And they were all amazed, and wondered, saying: Behold, are not all these that speak Galilean?…
Lexicon
And [when]
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

this
ταύτης (tautēs)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

sound
φωνῆς (phōnēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5456: Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language.

rang out,
γενομένης (genomenēs)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

a crowd
πλῆθος (plēthos)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4128: A multitude, crowd, great number, assemblage. From pletho; a fulness, i.e. A large number, throng, populace.

came together
συνῆλθεν (synēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4905: From sun and erchomai; to convene, depart in company with, associate with, or, cohabit.

in bewilderment,
συνεχύθη (synechythē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4797: Or sugchuno from sun and cheo or its alternate; to commingle promiscuously, i.e. to throw into disorder, to perplex.

because
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

each
ἕκαστος (hekastos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1538: Each (of more than two), every one. As if a superlative of hekas; each or every.

one
εἷς (heis)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

heard
ἤκουον (ēkouon)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

them
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

speaking
λαλούντων (lalountōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

[his]
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

own
ἰδίᾳ (idia)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2398: Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate.

language.
διαλέκτῳ (dialektō)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1258: Language, speech, conversation, manner of speaking. From dialegomai; a discourse, i.e. 'dialect'.


Additional Translations
And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.

Now of this sound having come about, the multitude came together and was confounded, because each one was hearing them speaking the own language.

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

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

But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.

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

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

So when this noise was heard, they came crowding together, and were amazed because everyone heard his own language spoken.

When this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.

and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,
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