Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 2]
world, so that some one would understand one tongue and some
another without an interpreter such as was needed at Corinth. The
experience is identical in all four instances and they are not
for edification or instruction, but for adoration and wonder and
worship. {As the Spirit gave them utterance} (\kath•s to pneuma
edidou apophtheggesthai autois\). This is precisely what Paul
claims in 1Co 12:10,28, but all the same without an interpreter
the gift was not to be exercised (1Co 14:6-19). Paul had the
gift of tongues, but refused to exercise it except as it would be
understood. Note the imperfect tense here (\edidou\). Perhaps
they did not all speak at once, but one after another.
\Apophtheggesthai\ is a late verb (LXX of prophesying, papyri).
Lucian uses it of the ring of a vessel when it strikes a reef. It
is used of eager, elevated, impassioned utterance. In the N.T.
only here, verse 14; 26:25. \Apophthegm\ is from this verb.
2:5 {Were dwelling} (\•san katoikountes\). Periphrastic imperfect
active indicative. Usually \katoike•\ means residence in a place
(4:16; 7:24; 9:22,32) as in verse 14 (Luke 13:4). Perhaps
some had come to Jerusalem to live while others were here only
temporarily, for the same word occurs in verse 9 of those who
dwell in Mesopotamia, etc. {Devout} (\eulabeis\). Reverent (\eu\,
well, \lamban•\, to take). See on ¯Lu 2:25 like Simeon waiting
for the consolation of Israel or hoping to die and be buried in
the Holy City and also Ac 8:2.
2:6 {When this sound was heard} (\genomen•s t•s ph•n•s taut•s\).
Genitive absolute with aorist middle participle. Note \ph•n•\
this time, not \•cho\ as in verse 1. \Ph•n•\ originally meant
sound as of the wind (Joh 3:8) or an instrument (1Co
14:7,8,10), then voice of men. The meaning seems to be that the
excited "other tongues" of verse 4 were so loud that the noise
drew the crowd together. The house where the 120 were may have
been (Hackett) on one of the avenues leading to the temple. {Were
confounded} (\sunechuth•\). First aorist passive indicative of
\sunche•\ or \sunchun•\, to pour together precisely like the
Latin _confundo_, to confound. The Vulgate has it _mente confusa
est_. It is an old verb, but in the N.T. only in Acts five times
(2:6; 9:22; 19:32; 21:27,31). {In his own language} (\t•i idi•i
dialekt•i\). Locative case. Each one could understand his own
language when he heard that. Every one that came heard somebody
speaking in his native tongue.
2:7 {Were amazed} (\existanto\). Imperfect middle of \exist•mi\,
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