What Does “Astonished” Mean in the Bible?
Filled with wonder, unable to speak, because of something very great.
A detail
- Careful: it is not a bad thing: it is wonder at something great.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 2:47; Acts 2:7
What the Bible says
Luke 2:47
And all that heard him were astonished at his wisdom and his answers.
Acts 2:7
And they were all amazed, and wondered, saying: Behold, are not all these, that speak, Galileans?
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “astonished”