He promised to give them a unique gift from the Holy Spirit. It was a miraculous, supernatural ability to speak foreign languages they had not formerly studied or known for the purpose of spreading the Gospel. “And these signs shall follow them that believe; … they shall speak with new tongues” (Mark 16:17). The fact that Jesus said these new tongues, or languages, would be a “sign” indicates that the ability to speak them would not come as the result of normal linguistic study. Rather, it would