When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.1
Chapter | Region | Who | Tongues | Sign |
---|---|---|---|---|
Acts 2 | Jerusalem | Jews | human languages | Sign to waiting disciples: the Promise of the Father had arrived. Sign to visiting and local Jews: judgment of Israel, God turning to foreigners. Endorsement of Peter and those who were Spirit-baptized. |
Acts 8 | Samaria | Samaritans | ? | Sign to Samaritans: dependence upon laying on of Jewish hands: salvation is of the Jews (John 4:22). |
Acts 10 | Caesarea (beginning of the ends of the Earth, Acts 1:8) | Gentiles (Italians in Caesarea) | human language | Sign to Jews: Gentiles given salvation (Acts 11:15-18). |
Acts 19 | Ephesus (more ends of the Earth, Acts 1:8) | Disciples of John the Baptist | human language | Sign to John's disciples: authority of Paul, Spirit baptism by Christ now supersedes water baptism by John. |
Endnotes:
1. | NKJV, Acts 2:1-4 |
2. | Ref-1289, 210 |
3. | “[Adam] was a good man, and was the founder of the church, of which Christ himself became a son, he was the first in line of the church, and as such he was from God [Luke 3:38].”2 |
4. | Concerning leaven as representative of sin: Ex. 12:15,19; Ex. 13:7; 23:18; 34:25; Hos. 7:4; Amos 4:5; Mat. 13:33; 16:6-12; Mark 8:15; Luke 12:1; 13:20; 1Cor. 5:6-8; Gal. 5:9 |
5. | In extra-biblical sources. |
6. | Ref-0904, Acts 10:46 |
Sources:
NKJV | Unless indicated otherwise, all Scripture references are from the New King James Version, copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. |
Ref-0904 | John Gill, Exposition of the Old and New Testaments (Broken Arrow, OK: StudyLamp Software, 1690-1771). |
Ref-1289 | Jonathan Edwards, On Knowing Christ (Carlisle, PN: Banner of Truth Trust, 1993, 1839). ISBN:0-85151-583-5c. |