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others, the stammering of drunkards; what was uttered was not addressed primarily to the
audience but consisted in recounting “the mighty works of God”; cf. 2:46; in 1 Cor.,
chapters 12 and 14, the use of the gift of “tongues” is mentioned as exercised in the
gatherings of local churches; 12:10 speaks of the gift in general terms, and couples with it
that of “the interpretation of tongues”; chapt. 14 gives instruction concerning the use of
the gift, the paramount object being the edification of the church; unless the “tongue” was
interpreted the speaker would speak “not unto men, but unto God,” v. 2; he would edify
himself alone, v. 4, unless he interpreted, v. 5, in which case his interpretation would be
of the same value as the superior gift of prophesying, as he would edify the church, vv. 4-
6; he must pray that he may interpret, v. 13; if there were no interpreter, he must keep
silence, v. 28, for all things were to be done “unto edifying,” v. 26. “If I come …
speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you,” says the apostle (expressing the great
object in all oral ministry), “unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of
knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching?” (v. 6). “Tongues” were for a sign, not to
believers, but to unbelievers, v. 22, and especially to unbelieving Jews (see v. 21): cf. the
passages in the Acts.
There is no evidence of the continuance of this gift after apostolic times nor indeed in
the later times of the apostles themselves; this provides confirmation of the fulfillment in
this way of 1 Cor. 13:8, that this gift would cease in the churches, just as would
“prophecies” and “knowledge” in the sense of knowledge received by immediate
supernatural power (cf. 14:6). The completion of the Holy Scriptures has provided the
churches with all that is necessary for individual and collective guidance, instruction, and
edification.
2.
(
1
, 1258), “language” (Eng., “dialect”), is rendered “tongue” in
the
KJV
of Acts 1:19; 2:6, 8; 21:40; 22:2; 26:14. See
LANGUAGE
.¶
B. Adjective.
(
K "
, 2804) is rendered “strange tongues” in 1 Cor. 14:21,
RV
(
, “another of a different sort”—see
ANOTHER
—and A, No. 1),
KJV
, other
tongues.¶
C. Adverb.
(or
, Westcott and Hort) (
_ $ ;<
&
, 1447) denotes (a) “in Hebrew,”
Rev. 9:11,
RV
(KV, “in the Hebrew tongue”); so 16:16; (b) in the Aramaic vernacular of
Palestine, John 5:2,
KJV
, “in the Hebrew tongue” (
RV
, “in Hebrew”); in 19:13, 17,
KJV
,
“in the Hebrew” (
RV
, “in Hebrew”); in v. 20,
KJV
and
RV
, “in Hebrew”; in 20:16,
RV
only,
“in Hebrew (Rabboni).”¶
Note:
Cf.
B
, “in Greek,” John 19:20, RV; Acts 21:37, “Greek.”¶ See also
, under
LATIN
.
TOOTH, TEETH
$
(
A "
, 3599) is used in the sing. in Matt. 5:38 (twice); elsewhere in the plural,
of “the gnashing of teeth,” the gnashing being expressive of anguish and indignation,
Matt. 8:12; 13:42, 50; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30; Mark 9:18; Luke 13:28; Acts 7:54; in Rev.
9:8, of the beings seen in a vision and described as locusts.¶
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