language” (v. 6); the multitude asks, “Then how is it that each of us hears them in his native tongue?” (v. 8); and they say, “We hear them speaking in our own tongues the mighty deeds of God” (v. 11). The tongues the believers speak are the known languages spoken in areas ranging from Persia in the east to Rome in the west. We cannot equate the Pentecost event with tongue speaking in the Corinthian church. The believers who speak in other tongues at Pentecost do not speak for the edification of