“Stupebant autem omnes, et mirabantur, dicentes : Nonne ecce omnes isti qui loquuntur, Galilæi sunt ?”
“And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another , Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?”
“Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?”
“They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans?”
“And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying, 240, 4314, Proverbs Behold, are not all these that speak Galilaeans?”
either the miraculous winds were heard, or the report of what had happened was spread abroad. either out of shame that they had slain Christ, whom God thus extraordinarily glorified; or out of admiration at so extraordinary a matter. probably, not that the same words spoken by the apostles were diversified according to every one’s understanding, for then the miracle had been wrought in their auditors, and not in the apostles; but that the apostles did speak to every one in their proper and most intelligible language: and this was the gift of tongues, which for some time after also was continued in the church.
1. They observe that the speakers are all Galileans, that know no other than their mother tongue (v. 7); they are despicable men, from whom nothing learned nor polite is to be expected. God chose the weak and foolish things of the world to confound the wise and mighty. Christ was thought to be a Galilean, and his disciples really were so, unlearned and ignorant men.
Verses 5-13 The difference in languages which arose at Babel, has much hindered the spread of knowledge and religion. The instruments whom the Lord first employed in spreading the Christian religion, could have made no progress without this gift, which proved that their authority was from God.