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NASB | Acts 2:2 And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:2 and suddenly a sound came from heaven like a rushing violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. |
Bible Question: wind |
Bible Answer: Dear Jwilcox - In order to do justice to your question, let's expand the text reference to include Acts 2:1-13. The "sound...as of a rushing mighty wind" of v.2, a simile, is Luke's way of describing the mighty act of God in sending the Holy Spirit. In Scripture wind is not infrequently used as a symbol of the Spirit (see Ezek. 37:9,10; John 3:8). Then in v.3 we see another symbol, a visible one, in the "tongues as of fire." Note that these were not literal flames of fire, for the text makes it clear that they were "as of" fire. They were supernatural indicators, a visible phenomenon, that God had sent His Holy Spirit upon each believer who was gathered "with one accord in one place" (v.1). Then in v.4 we read that "they were all filled with the Holy Spirit." This is in contrast to the baptism of the Holy Spirit, which is the one-time act by which God places regenerate believers into His body (see 1 Cor. 12:13). The filling is a repeated process of Spirit-controlled behavior, which God commands believers to maintain (see Ephesians 5:18). Peter and many others in Acts were filled with the Holy Spirit again and again (see, for example, Acts 4:8,31; 6:5; 7:55). ...... Finally, let's consider the phrase from v.4, "and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." This was known languages (see v. 6), not ecstatic utterances (see also 1 Cor. 14:1-25). The speaking with other tongues described in Acts 2 is decidedly different from the modern practice that is called "speaking in tongues" (glossolalia). --Hank |
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