Acts 10:46

Acts 10:46 Meaning and Explanation

For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

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They hear the new believers speaking in tongues and magnifying God, and Peter begins to respond.

What Does Acts 10:46 Mean?

The evidence is audible and unmistakable: tongues and praise, the very signs of Pentecost (Acts 2:4, 11). God grants the same witness so that no one present — and no one in Jerusalem afterward — can doubt what he has done.

The first fruit of the Spirit's coming is worship: mouths filled with the greatness of God. Whatever gifts the Spirit gives, they bend toward this end — God magnified, his goodness declared aloud. Peter, watching, must now answer what God has so plainly begun.

Acts 10:46 in the Original Language

megalyno (μεγαλύνω), 'magnify' -- to declare great, to exalt.

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What does Acts 10:46 mean?

They hear the new believers speaking in tongues and magnifying God, and Peter begins to respond.

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