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Acts describes the disciples at Pentecost speaking in other languages when the Spirit comes. When twelve disciples at Ephesus later receive the Spirit, Luke notes only that they speak in tongues and prophesy, likely pointing back to Pentecost.
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1000+ CE
Acts 2:4
New Testament
1 Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And tongues spreading out like a fire appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them. 5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem. 6 When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
Acts 19:6
New Testament
1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there 2 and said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They replied, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3 So Paul said, “Into what then were you baptized?” “Into John’s baptism,” they replied. 4 Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.” 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, 6 and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy. 7 (Now there were about twelve men in all.)
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“... In the first place, it is quite clear that the tongues described in Acts 2:1-13 are other human languages and identified as such by those who heard them (2:8-11). Some scholars have suggested that it is a miracle of hearing rather than actual speaking in languages the people had never learned. Yet the plain meaning of began to speak in other languages before anyone ever hears them shows that it is indeed a miracle of speaking as the Spirit gives them utterance (2:4). [...] Acts 8:18 and 19:6 give little detail, but Luke likely intends for the reader to understand a phenomenon similar to the one at Pentecost. ...”
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