Act 2:2 | RWP | e4.org | Suddenly ( αφνω ). Old adverb, but in the N.T. only in Acts ( ; ; ). Kin to εξαιφνης ( ). A sound ( ηχος ). Our εχο . Old word, already in for rumour and for the roar of the sea. It was not wind, but a roar or reverberation "as of the rushing of a mighty wind" ( ωσπερ φερομενης πνοης βιαιας ). This is not a strict translation nor is it the genitive absolute. It was "an echoing sound as of a mighty wind borne violently" (or rushing along like the whirr of a tornado). Πνοη (wind) is used here (in the N.T. only here and though old word) probably because of the use of πνευμα in verse of the Holy Spirit. In πνευμα occurs for both wind and Spirit. Filled ( επληρωσεν ). "As a bath is filled with water, that they might be baptized with the Holy Ghost, in fulfilment of " (Canon Cook). They were sitting ( ησαν καθημενο ). Periphrastic imperfect middle of καθημα .

‏ Acts 2:2

Suddenly ( αφνω ). Old adverb, but in the N.T. only in Acts (2:2; 16:26; 28:6). Kin to εξαιφνης (Ac 22:61).

A sound ( ηχος ). Our εχο. Old word, already in Lu 4:37 for rumour and Lu 21:25 for the roar of the sea. It was not wind, but a roar or reverberation "as of the rushing of a mighty wind" ( ωσπερ φερομενης πνοης βιαιας ). This is not a strict translation nor is it the genitive absolute. It was "an echoing sound as of a mighty wind borne violently" (or rushing along like the whirr of a tornado). Πνοη (wind) is used here (in the N.T. only here and 17:25 though old word) probably because of the use of πνευμα in verse 4 of the Holy Spirit. In Joh 3:5-8 πνευμα occurs for both wind and Spirit.

Filled ( επληρωσεν ). "As a bath is filled with water, that they might be baptized with the Holy Ghost, in fulfilment of Ac 1:5" (Canon Cook).

They were sitting ( ησαν καθημενο ). Periphrastic imperfect middle of καθημα.