4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)We have here an account of the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the disciples of Christ. Observe, I. When, and where, this was done, which are particularly noted, for the greater certainty of the thing. 1. It was when the day of pentecost was fully come , in which there seems to be a reference to the manner of the expression in the institution of this feast, where it is said (Lev. 23:15), You shall…
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