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1 | Tongues, madness or sign for unbeliever | 1 Cor 14:22 | DocTrinsograce | 151192 | ||
Dear NYP, That's interesting. Sort of like the universal tanslator on Star Trek. That would, of course, imply that the Holy Spirit is granting the gift of interpretation to non-believers. Not sure I can buy that. With regards to the flames, you're not alone. Almost everyone pictures it that way. If I'm going to mentally image something, I just want it to be as close to what the Scripture actually says as possible. After all, Luke went to the trouble of explaining it using the lanugage he did. In Him, Doc |
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2 | Tongues, madness or sign for unbeliever | 1 Cor 14:22 | NYP | 151270 | ||
Brother Doc, I didn't say that the non believers were interpreting. I said that the Holy Spirit was interpreting. After all, tongues are a sign to the non believer. 1Co 14:22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not... How could they be a sign if they were not understood? I feel that part of the sign in this particular case was the fact that the Galileans, Apostles were understood in a language (tongue) which the hearers knew they did not speak. There is no evidence that I know of to suggest that the Apostles spoke any language other than Hebrew, or perhaps Greek. And besides "everyone heard them in their own language. Imagine an Italian and an American, both who speek only their native tongue, understanding what is being said by a Russian who speaks only his native language. |
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3 | Tongues, madness or sign for unbeliever | 1 Cor 14:22 | DocTrinsograce | 151272 | ||
Dear NYP, The distinction escapes me... please excuse my slowness. So you mean -- following your example -- that the Russian would speak Russian; simultaneously the Italian would hear what the Russian said in Italian while the American would hear English. Does this properly reflect what you are saying? In Him, Doc |
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4 | Tongues, madness or sign for unbeliever | 1 Cor 14:22 | Morant61 | 151273 | ||
Greetings Doc! I have heard this view before. There are those who say that Acts 2 is a miracle of hearing. The apostles spoke in an unknown tongue, but everyone heard their own language. So, the Russian heard Russian, while the Roman heard Greek, while the American heard English. But, the apostles only spoke one tongue. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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5 | Tongues, madness or sign for unbeliever | 1 Cor 14:22 | DocTrinsograce | 151274 | ||
Dear Brother Tim, Thank you for explaining. I don't believe I've ever run across this view before. (Cloistered life, perhaps?) Doesn't Acts 2:4 say that the Holy Spirit "gave them utterance?" Or does the original Greek allow the "miracle of hearing" interpretation as you have explained it? Thanks for your time, brother! In Him, Doc |
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6 | Tongues, madness or sign for unbeliever | 1 Cor 14:22 | Morant61 | 151294 | ||
Greetings Doc! The Greek would certainly allow this interpretation. V. 5 tells us that there were Jews in the crowd from every nation. V. 6 then says of the crowd, "...because each one heard them speaking in his own language." So, yes, the Holy Spirit gave the apostles the utterance, but then each one in the crowd heard their own language. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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7 | Tongues, madness or sign for unbeliever | 1 Cor 14:22 | DocTrinsograce | 151297 | ||
Dear Brother Tim, Therefore, the Holy Spirit was doing at least one thing in that passage: "giving utterance." But it does not explicitly say that the Holy Spirit was also granting the ability to understand? (In other words, the "granting" would be an inference, rather than an explicit statement.) In Him, Doc |
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8 | Tongues, madness or sign for unbeliever | 1 Cor 14:22 | Morant61 | 151325 | ||
Greetings Doc! Correct! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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