Acts 2:6 - Exposition

And when this sound ( φωνή ) was heard for now when this was noised abroad A.V., which the words cannot mean; speaking for speak, A.V. This sound . The question still remains whether the sound ( φωνή ) refers to the sound ( ἤχος ) of the rushing mighty wind mentioned in Acts 2:2 , or to the voices of those who spake with tongues. If the last, we should rather have expected sounds or voices in the plural; and it is further in favor of the former that μενῆς τῆς φωνῆς ταύτης seems to take up the ἐγένετο ἤχος of Acts 2:2 . The word φωνή is applied to πνεῦμα in John 3:8 . Nor is it likely, at first sight, that the disciples in the house where they were sitting should have spoken loud enough to attract the notice of people outside. Whereas the sound of a rushing mighty wind, sufficient (as in Acts 3:1-26 :31) to shake the house, would naturally he heard by passers-by. On the other hand, however, φωνή seems to point decisively to the human voice (see its use, 1 Corinthians 14:7-10 ).