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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]. |
Subject: No speaking in tongues, no Holy Spirit? |
Bible Note: Steve you made a statement here that these were known tongues. In Acts2:4 we don't know what happened. I suspect everyone praised the Lord and by the Power of the Holy Spirit each man heard their utterances in his own tongue, rather than everyone speaking in a different language and no one being able to hear what was being said in the confusion. In Cor. 12:10 we don’t know exactly what Paul was talking about but there is no reason to believe he was limiting his discussion to just tongues of men. The word for tongues he used here is “glossa” it is the same word he used in 1 Cor. 13:1 where he definitely was talking about tongues of Angels (or unknown tongues) and tongues of men. Notice no where in the Paul’s discussion of Tongues does he use the word “ecstatic speech” which would be gibberish as many teach. He always uses the word glossa in the original which means a known tongue but opens that up with tongues of men and of angels. Thus some tongues will be understandable by someone here on earth, in other cases the tongues will not be naturally be understood by anyone here on earth and therefore would need an interpreter. There are many abuses of the gifts today. Many if not most churches use the gifts for entertainment of saints rather than ministry to unbelievers. Many believers use tongues and the other spiritual gifts not to convince unbelievers but to fortify their own faith. They need to see the manifestations to continue in their faith and this is dead wrong. Also many churches put undue importance on the spiritual gifts, they would rather have a message in tongues than see a person saved. And this is also dead wrong. I believe the gifts of the spirit are for today but they are not for in the church but rather in the market place where unbelievers can be lead to the Lord. People say there are unbelievers in the church and your right but they are unbelievers not because they do not know God but because they refuse to crucify the their flesh. |