Acts 2:9 meaning and explanation
Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
Acts 2:9, Berean Standard Bible
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These are the pilgrims the crowd is made of, Jews and converts from across the known world who have come to Jerusalem for Pentecost. Luke lists them by region, moving roughly from east to west: Parthia, Media and Elam were old Persian lands, then Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia in Asia Minor.
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