speaking in tongues is the final and most convincing evidence that people are filled with the Spirit, this incident should have reflected it. However, they did not speak in tongues. The outpouring of the Spirit on the Samaritans collectively does not mean the Spirit had not dealt with them individually. Rather, this was the extension of the ascension gift of the Holy Spirit to the Samaritans as it had come to the Jews at Pentecost.