Acts 2:8
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And how have we heard, every man our own tongue wherein we were born?

Luke 1:67
And Zachary his father was filled with the Holy Ghost. And he prophesied, saying:

Acts 2:7
And they were all amazed, and wondered, saying: Behold, are not all these that speak Galilean?

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

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And how have we heard, every man our own tongue wherein we were born?

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The Holy Spirit at Pentecost
7And they were all amazed, and wondered, saying: Behold, are not all these that speak Galilean? 8And how have we heard, every man our own tongue wherein we were born? 9Parthians and Medes and Elamites and inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,…
Lexicon
How is it then that
πῶς (pōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 4459: Adverb from the base of pou; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way?; also as exclamation, how much!

each
ἕκαστος (hekastos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1538: Each (of more than two), every one. As if a superlative of hekas; each or every.

of us
ἡμεῖς (hēmeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

hears [them]
ἀκούομεν (akouomen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

his
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

own
ἰδίᾳ (idia)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2398: Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate.

native
ἐγεννήθημεν (egennēthēmen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1080: From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate.

language?
διαλέκτῳ (dialektō)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1258: Language, speech, conversation, manner of speaking. From dialegomai; a discourse, i.e. 'dialect'.


Additional Translations
How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?

And how do we each hear our own language in which we were born?

And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

And how hear we, every man in our own language wherein we were born?

and how do we hear [them] each in our own dialect in which we have been born,

And how hear we, every man in our own language, wherein we were born?

And how do we hear every man in our own language, wherein we were born?

How then does each of us hear his own native language spoken by them?

How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?

and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born?
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