the last days the gift of the Spirit is as potentially universal as the gift of grace (2:39). Fourth, the gift of the Spirit is attested by wonders and signs (Acts 2:19). On the day of Pentecost these include wonders in the sky above—that is, the sudden sound like that of a violent wind “from heaven” (2:2). They also include signs on the earth beneath—namely, “the tongues as of fire” and disciples speaking the mother tongues of the Pentecost pilgrims (2:3, 4). The first two signs (metaphorical “wind”
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