What this gift actually was has been a subject of much discussion. Some have argued that it was merely an outward sign of the presence of the Holy Spirit among the disciples, typifying his manifold gifts, and showing that salvation was to be extended to all nations.
But the words of Luke (Act_2:9) clearly show that the various peoples in Jerusalem at the time of Pentecost did really hear themselves addressed in their own special language with which they were naturally acquainted (compare Joe_2:28, Joe_2:29).
Among the gifts of the Spirit the apostle enumerates in 1 Cor. 12:10 - 14:30, “divers kinds of tongues” and the “interpretation of tongues.”
This “gift” was a different manifestation of the Spirit from that on Pentecost, although it resembled it in many particulars. Tongues were to be “a sign to them that believe not.”
NOTE: Solomon will be addressing the subject in two weeks time.
Source: E-Sword Bible commentary.
Hi Geoff. How can a boff like you get hit by a virus?? and I'm glad it was only your emails that got lost/chewed up!Dawn is I hope getting better - she has/had bronchitis, two visits to the clinic, and I seem to have caught the "lurgy" from her - coughing, hot/cold and the snffles, feeling like terrible. No attachment to open Marksman? John.
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