IBW: Chapter 5 - Pentecost and the Great Commission
Another of the landmark events in the Bible where language is clearly discussed and mentioned is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. In Acts 2:4, we read, “And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” One of the signs on Pentecost was the speaking in tongues. This had a dramatic effect on those gathered at Pentecost for we read, “Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.” This was a miracle indeed! The people even acknowledged this when they said in vs. 7 and 8, “Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?” They realized that there was something remarkable going on, and that something powerful had happened through the work of the Holy Spirit. The Bible then goes on to list a sample of all the different people present at Pe...