“Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.”
When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language — the crowd's confusion (syneggisen, confused) is the inverse of Pentecost's purpose: understanding is restored. Each hearing their own language (idia dialektos, native tongue/dialect) is the miracle; not that one person speaks many languages, but many people hear one message in their own idiom. This is Gospel accessibility and God's respect for human particularity.
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