[B-Greek] tongues - languages

Eric Weiss papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Thu May 26 10:46:27 EDT 2005


> In addition, the contexts which have been referenced in the last few post do not forbide a 
> known tongue or language translation.  Acts 2:4 says KAI WFQHSAN AUTOIS 
> DIAMERIZOMENAI GLWSSAI WSEI PUROS KAI EKAQISEN EF hENA hEKASTON 
> AUTWN...
>  
> and 
>  
> The hETERAIS GLWSSAIS (v 4) in conjunction with HKOUON hEIS hEKASTON THi IDIAi 
> DIALEKTWi LALOUNTWN AUTWN ...(v 6) coupled with vss 7and 8 should make it 
> abundantly clear that this occurence was not the same as the other instances in Scripture.
>  
> There is nothing to suggest that 1 Cor 12-14 is anything other than the reflection of the 
> multilingual and very cosmopolitan makeup of Corinthian Church. Otherwise you would have 
> the problem in Gen 11:9 (the very like problem of confusion, unitelligiblity) and the blindness > of the mystery religion's utter (heavenly sic) hogwash. 
 
With regard to the Greek:
 
My studies of the Greek wording in Acts and I Corinthians have led me to conclude that one 
cannot make a sharp distinction between what occurred in Acts 2 and in the other instances of 
tongues-speaking in Acts, and what was occurring at Corinth. They may have been two 
different kinds of tongues-speaking, but what I have concluded is that when one reads in the 
Greek every passage in Acts that has to do with LALEIN GLWSSAIS (Pentecost, Cornelius, 
Samaria, etc.), and all of I Corinthians 12-14, I find the language and wording too similar and 
overlapping to support there being a clear difference based on the Greek.
 


Eric S. Weiss


		
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