Acts 2:10

10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome

Acts 2:10 in Other Translations

10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,

10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the areas of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome

10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene;

10 in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and sojourners from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the country near Cyrene in Libya. We're Jewish people, converts to Judaism, and visitors from Rome,

10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

10 Phrygia and Pamphylia. Others of us are from Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene. Still others are visitors from Rome.

Acts 2:10 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 2:10

Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt
Phrygia was a country in Asia, and had part of Galatia on the north, Lycaonia, Pisidia, and Mygdonia on the south, and on the east Cappadocia ^F24; here the Apostle Paul afterwards travelled, and strengthened the Christians; see ( Acts 16:6 ) ( 18:23 ) . Pamphylia, now called Setilia, is another country in Asia, formerly called Mopsopia ^F25; which had on the west Lycia, and part of Asia, on the north Galatia, on the east Cilicia, and part of Cappadocia, and on the south the sea of Pamphylia ^F26, of which mention is made in ( Acts 27:5 ) . The chief city in it was Perga, where was a temple of Diana ^F1, and here the Apostle Paul also was; see ( Acts 13:13 ) ( Acts 14:24 Acts 14:25 ) ( 15:38 ) . Others of these sojourning Jews lived in Egypt, which was a large country in Africa; which had on the east the deserts of Arabia, on the west Libya, on the south Ethiopia, and on the north the Mediterranean sea; hither many Jews were carried captive by Ptolomy Lagus, and these spoke the Egyptian language:

and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene;
there were others at Jerusalem, which came from hence, The Arabic version reads this clause, "and in the parts of Africa, which is our country"; and Pliny says ^F2, the Greeks call Africa, Libya. The Jews say ^F3, Libya in Egypt; and for proselytes from Libya, they wait three generations; that is, before they receive them: Cyrene, or Cyreniaca, which is no other than upper Libya, is called by Pliny {d}, the Pentapolitan country, from the five cities in it; Berenice, Arsinoe, Ptolemais, Apollonia, and Cyrene: to these are added,

and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes;
that is, as the Syriac version renders it, "those that came from Rome"; to which the Arabic agrees: they were natives and inhabitants of the city of Rome, though now they were at Jerusalem; and some of these were Jews by birth, and lineal descent, though born at Rome; and others were such as were proselytes of righteousness, who were originally Gentiles, but were now circumcised, and had embraced the Jewish religion; concerning such, (See Gill on Matthew 23:15). These doubtless spoke in the Roman, or Latin tongue.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Plin. l. 5. c. 32.
F25 Ib. c. 27.
F26 Ptolom. l. 5. c. 5.
F1 Plin. l. 5. c. 27. Ptolom, ib. &. Mela, l. 1. c. 14.
F2 Plin. l. 5. in principio.
F3 T. Hieros. Kilaim, fol. 31. 3. & Sabbat, fol. 7. 2.
F4 L. 5. c. 5.

Acts 2:10 In-Context

8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language?

9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome

11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”

12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

Cross References

• 1. Acts 16:6; Acts 18:23
• 2. Acts 13:13; Acts 14:24; Acts 15:38
• 3. S Matthew 27:32