Verse 44. The Holy Ghost fell, etc. Endowing them with the power of speaking with other tongues, Ac 10:46. Of this the apostle Peter makes much in his argument in Ac 11:17. By this God showed that the Gentiles were to be admitted to the same privileges with the Jews, and to the blessings of salvation in the same manner. Comp. Ac 2:1-4.

Which heard the word. The word of God; the message of the gospel.

{h} "Holy Ghost fell" Joh 4:31