Acts 2:8 (GNV)

Passage

How then heare we euery man our owne language, wherein we were borne?

Nearby Context

Acts 2:6 Nowe when this was noised, the multitude came together and were astonied, because that euery man heard them speake his owne language.

Acts 2:7 And they wondered al, and marueiled, saying among themselues, Beholde, are not all these which speake, of Galile?

Acts 2:8 How then heare we euery man our owne language, wherein we were borne?

Acts 2:9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the inhabitants of Mesopotamia, and of Iudea, and of Cappadocia, of Pontus, and Asia,

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,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heare", "euery", "owne", "language", "wherein", and "borne". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heare" and "euery", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And they wondered al and marueiled saying..." into verse 9's "Parthians and Medes and Elamites and the...", so "heare" and "euery" 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 "heare" and "euery" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.