The Gift of Tongues
Part 2
 

ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

In order to continue to allow the Scripture to speak for Itself we will set forth additional verses which further substantiate the fact that the word "tongue" has to do with languages of particular nations.

1. "now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda,..." Jn. 5:2).

2. "And when he had given him license, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying" (Acts 21:40).

3. "(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence" (Acts 22:2).

4. "And when we were fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, ... " (Acts 26:14).

5. "And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof. for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people and nation" (Rev. 5:9).

6. "And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tonguehath his name Apollyon" (Rev. 9:11).

7. "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people" (Rev. 14:6).

8. "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues" (Mk. 16:17).

9. "After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues... "(Rev. 7:9).

10. "And he said unto me, Thou must prophecy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings" (Rev. 10:11).

11. "And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies... " (Rev. 11:9).

12. and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations" (Rev. 13:7).

13. "And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues" (Rev. 17:15).

14. "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" (Ii Cor. 12:10).

15. "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues,as the Spirit gave them utterance" (Acts 2:4).

These fifteen references should be sufficient Scriptural evidence that "tongue or tongues" carries with it the idea of the language or dialects of nations or nationalities. In the verses listed the tongues were the languages of men. Keep in mind that these are languages which are known and spoken by men of different nations.

Today it could be said that men of the United States speak in the "English tongue", men of Germany speak in the "German tongue", and men of Spain speak in the "Spanish tongue." The American when he speaks in his tongue to the German it may well be that it is an unknown tongue to the German since he only speaks and understands German. If the Spaniard were to speak to the American in Spanish, his "tongue" (i.e. the Spanish language) would be "unknown" to the American.

Therefore, in the sense that has been put forth, "tongues" relate to the languages of men.

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