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NASB | Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:4 And they were all filled [that is, diffused throughout their being] with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues (different languages), as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out [clearly and appropriately]. |
Bible Question: what does the word pentecostal mean |
Bible Answer: Pentecostal www.m-w.com '2 : of, relating to, or constituting any of various Christian religious bodies that emphasize individual experiences of grace, spiritual gifts (as glossolalia and faith healing), expressive worship, and evangelism' (www.m-w.com) www.biblicist.org/systematic/26.htm 'Pentecostal, or charismatic believers generally teach that in addition to the baptism of 1 Corinthians 12:13 which unites believers into a body, there is a second baptism subsequent to conversion which endows the believer with power. This baptism is associated with the "filling of the Spirit" which took place at Pentecost (Acts 2:4), and which they teach does not necessarily occur automatically at conversion; it is a kind of "second blessing." This baptism they call the "baptism in the Spirit" which Jesus bestows (Matthew 3:11). They explain 1 Corinthians 12:13 as a baptism by the Spirit into the body which the Spirit bestows at conversion. However, the problems with this view are: 'it is a distinction between Matthew 3:11 (also Acts 1:5) and 1 Corinthians 12:13 based on what they perceive as differences in circumstances and descriptions rather than actual wording (the same Greek words, en pneumati, meaning in or by the Spirit, occur in all of the manuscripts); and 'they equate "baptism in the Spirit" with "filling" of the Spirit, an identification that cannot be borne out by careful comparison (See Dale Bruner's thorough study of this whole issue in A Theology of the Holy Spirit, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1970).' (www.biblicist.org/systematic/26.htm) |