Acts / Question
Jews from many nations were in Jerusalem, and each heard the disciples speaking in his own language (Acts 2:5–8). The crowd was amazed because the speakers were Galileans, yet the message was heard in many languages (Acts 2:7–11).
Acts 2:5–13 shows how the public reaction begins when a crowd in Jerusalem hears the disciples speaking. Jews from many places are in the city, and the sound draws them together. They are confused because each person hears speech in their own local language. The crowd identifies the speakers as Galileans and asks how this can be. This scene follows immediately after the Spirit-enabled speaking in Acts 2:1–4, and it sets up Peter’s explanation that comes next in Acts 2:14–36.
Acts 2:5–13 presents Pentecost as a public event among a wide-ranging Jewish crowd in Jerusalem. Luke stresses diversity (“from every nation under the sky”) and intelligibility: people recognize that they are hearing speech in their own local languages (language).
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Acts 2:5-8, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
5Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.
6When this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
7They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, "Behold, aren`t all these who speak Galileans?
8How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?