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The commentary on Acts is written in a readable style, drawing on the best new insights from a number of disciplines (narrative, archaeology, social scientific study, rhetorical analysis, and comparative studies) to provide the reader with the benefits of recent innovative ways of analyzing the text. In addition, Witherington provides detailed attention to major theological and historical issues:...

v. 6.19 They heard them speaking in their own languages.20 This, then, would rule out simple ecstatic speech or angelic speech at Pentecost, and must also count against the double miracle view. Numerous questions arise at this point. Perhaps the most important of these is: How does this miraculous spiritual gift of speaking in foreign languages compare to what Paul talks about in 1 Corinthians 12–14? Note first that in Acts 2, unlike in 1 Corinthians 14, while there is need for an explanation of
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