Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!sdd.hp.com!usc!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: correll@sun.udel.edu (Sharon J Correll) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: speaking in tongues, etc Message-ID: Date: 2 Jul 90 05:27:33 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 25 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu John Kingston writes: >I take the point that Acts lists people from 15 regions who heard the >disciples speaking in their own language, and there were only 12 >disciples. I also agree that it is impossible to speak 2 languages at once. >I imagine that some disciples spoke first in one language, then in another, >although I don't claim to have any textual evidence for this. What was >surprising about this was that those speaking all these languages were >uneducated Galileans. I don't have a Bible handy with me, but I believe Acts 1 mentions 120 people. I always understood that all these people were present at Pentecost as well, not just the 12 disciples. But right, it was the fact that they were Galilean Jews speaking all those different languages that was surprising. -- ---\ Sharon Correll \--------------- ----\ University of Delaware \-------------- -----\ Academic Computing and Instructional Technology \------------- ------\ correll@sun.acs.udel.edu \------------ [Acts 2 does not give a number. It says "all the believers". When the crowd is surprised, Peter stands up with the eleven other apostles to preach, but it seems like there are more Christians involved. --clh]