Bible Question: ok going back to verse 6 if the other languages could be understood in their own languages then what is holy about it? |
Bible Answer: The ones speaking did not speak the languages of those hearing their words. They would have either spoke Aramaic or Greek and a crude version of those being from Galilee. Those hearing spoke several different languages, and were hearing these Galilians speaking those languages. Imagine if you were preaching the gospel in a country where you did not speak the language. Imagine if there were no interpreter and no one there spoke your language. Suddenly though, they all began to hear you in their own language. That would be the Holy Spirit causing them to hear and understand your words but not in your language, in theirs. When it says in Acts that "...each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language.." it isn't saying that the speakers were speaking in their own language. It is saying that the speakers were speaking and the individuals listening were HEARING the words in THEIR own languages. I hope this helps, God bless, Jeff |