“Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.”
some visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs — we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!' — the list culminates with Rome (the empire's capital) and its mixture of native Jews and proselytes (converts to Judaism). The inclusion of Crete and Arabs completes a geographical compass encompassing the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. The praising of God's mighty works (megaleion, mighty deeds/wonders) is the response evoked by Spirit-filled witness.
Church Fathers on Acts 2:11
Because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were amazed, it says, and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans? Acts 2:7-13 They immediately turned their eyes towards the Apostles. And how (it follows) hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in…
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