Acts 2:12 (GNV)

Passage

They were all then amased, and douted, saying one to another, What may this be?

Nearby Context

Acts 2:10 And of Phrygia, and Pamphylia, of Egypt, and of the partes of Libya, which is beside Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, and Iewes, and Proselytes,

Acts 2:11 Creetes, and Arabians: wee hearde them speake in our owne tongues the wonderful works of God.

Acts 2:12 They were all then amased, and douted, saying one to another, What may this be?

Acts 2:13 And others mocked, and saide, They are full of newe wine.

Acts 2:14 But Peter standing with ye Eleuen, lift vp his voice, and said vnto them, Ye men of Iudea, and ye all that inhabite Hierusalem, be this knowen vnto you, and hearken vnto my woordes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "amased", "douted", "saying", and "another". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "amased" and "douted", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Creetes and Arabians wee hearde them speake..." into verse 13's "And others mocked and saide They are...", so "amased" and "douted" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "amased" and "douted" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.