And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speaking in his own language.
The whole city erupted in disorder when word spread, not just devout Jews but mockers and those who had crucified Christ. They were stupefied: these illiterate disciples, whom they despised, now spoke every man's own language with such power that the multitude stood confounded, unable to think.
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Curiosity brought the crowd together when the rumor spread, and God used it to draw them under the influence of truth and conversion. The effect was to confound and amaze them utterly, so much so that at first they made no complaint, only astonishment at His manifest power.
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Jerusalem was crowded with devout Jews and proselytes from every corner of the known world, some from eastern nations like Parthia and Mesopotamia, others from Cappadocia and beyond. God had made the city a rendezvous of religious people, just as other cities drew traders, so that witnesses to this miracle would carry word to all nations.
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Commenting on Acts 2:5-13