I have a couple of questions regarding the speaking in tongues by the disciples on the day of Pentecost. There were 15 languages mentioned. So who was doing the speaking? Of the approximately 120 believers at that time did they all speak in different languages? Was there only 15 languages spoken? (I presume there were Jews and proselytes from more language groups then that) Secondly; what were the great deeds of God of which they spoke? I doubt that it was about the things that Jesus had done, though it could have been. I don’t think it was the message of Jesus’ resurrection, even though that may have been it. I wonder if it was something that Joel had written prior to the passage that Peter quoted? Which caught the attention of the 5,000 more that morning; the fact that Galileans were speaking perfect Arabic or that they were proclaiming the wonderful works of God to the crowd in Jerusalem?
Stuart
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