Acts 2:5

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Summary

Acts 2:5

And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

Were

Devout

Luke 2:25

Bible References

Were

When the day of Pentecost was fully come, and they were all together in the same place,

So he arose and went. And behold an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, who was a high official (a chief treasurer) of Candace, the queen of Ethiopia, who had come to Jerusalem to worship

They stood still, looking sad. And one of them named Cleopas, answered him, "Do you sojourn alone in Jerusalem, that you do not know what things have been happening there these days?"

Now there were certain Greeks among those who had come up to worship during the Passover feast;

Devout

Devout men buried Stephen, and made loud lamentations over him.

He was a devout man and God-fearing, and so were all his household. He gave many alms to the people, and constantly prayed to God.

But the Jews urged on the devout women of high rank, and the leading citizens, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of the district,

"And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the Law, well thought of by all the Jews who lived there,

Now there was in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon. He was righteous and devout, and was waiting for the consolation of Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him.