They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, “What does this mean?”
Satan blinds men so completely that they mock God's power even when they witness it with their own eyes. Those who see such manifest wonders and yet scoff at them harden themselves willfully in ignorance; it is God's just judgment to deliver them to Satan's fury. Few in any age have truly felt the weight of God's revelation.
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And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? (2) God's word pierces some in such a way that it drives them to seek out the truth, and it so chokes others that it forces them to be witnesses of their own impudency.
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