Acts 2:11

11JewsἸουδαῖοίbothτεandκαὶconvertsπροσήλυτοι,CretansΚρῆτεςandκαὶArabsἌραβες,we hearἀκούομενspeakingλαλούντωνthemαὐτῶνταῖς[in] our ownἡμετέραιςtonguesγλώσσαιςtheτὰgreat thingsμεγαλεῖατοῦof Godθεοῦ.

both Jews and converts; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking [in] our own tongues the great things of God!”

Vocab difficulty

81.3

Rare words

  • προσήλυτοι

    προσήλυτος

    (lit: that has come to), a proselyte, that is a non-Jew, who has been circumcised and has adopted the Jews' religion.

  • Κρῆτες

    Κρής

    a Cretan, an inhabitant of Crete.

  • Ἄραβες

    Ἄραψ

    an Arabian.

  • μεγαλεῖα

    μεγαλεῖος

    grand, magnificent, splendid.