“And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?”
Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, 'What does this mean?' — the perplexity (diaporeo, thoroughly confused) moves toward inquiry; confusion becomes the opening for explanation. Peter's sermon immediately follows, showing that the Spirit's sign demands apostolic interpretation. The question 'What does this mean?' invites theological explanation rooted in Scripture.
Church Fathers on Acts 2:12
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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