- Of all mankind one at first Ge 11:1,6
- CALLED
- Speech Mr 14:70; Ac 14:11
- Tongue Ac 1:19; Re 5:9
- CONFUSION OF
- A punishment for presumption, &c Ge 11:2-6
- Originated the varieties in Ge 11:7
- Scattered men over the earth Ge 11:8,9
- Divided men into separated nations Ge 10:5,20,31
- Great variety of, spoken by men 1Co 14:10
- Ancient kingdoms often comprehended nations of different Es 1:22; Da 3:4; 6:25
- KINDS OF, MENTIONED
- Hebrew 2Ki 18:28; Ac 26:14
- Chaldea Da 1:4
- Syriack 2Ki 18:26; Ezr 4:7
- Greek Ac 21:37
- Latin Lu 23:38
- Lycaonian Ac 14:11
- Arabic, &c Ac 2:11
- Egyptian Ps 84:5; 114:1; Ac 2:10
- Of some nations difficult Eze 3:5,6
- The term barbarian applied to those who spoke a strange 1Co 14:11
- POWER OF SPEAKING DIFFERENT
- A gift of the Holy Spirit 1Co 12:10
- Promised Mr 16:17
- Given on the day of Pentecost Ac 2:3,4
- Followed receiving the gospel Ac 10:44-46
- Conferred by laying on of the apostles' hands Ac 8:17,18; 19:6
- Necessary to spread of the gospel Ac 2:7-11
- A sign to unbelievers 1Co 14:22
- Sometimes abused 1Co 14:2-12,23
- Ceased when the written Bible completed 1Co 13:8-10
- INTERPRETATION OF
- Antiquity of engaging persons for Ge 42:23
- A gift of the Holy Spirit 1Co 12:10
- Most important in the early church 1Co 14:5,13,27,28
- The Jews punished by being given up to people of a strange De 28:49; Isa 28:11; Jer 5:15
The New Topical Text Book
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The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.