What were Peter and the eleven preaching at Pentecost and in what languages?
At Pentecost, Peter and the eleven were preaching the Gospel—that Jesus was the Christ—using languages that everyone present could understand. This miraculous speaking was the work of the Holy Spirit and served a divine purpose to bring salvation, just as the overall purpose of Scripture is to make the plan of salvation known.
Les teaches that at Pentecost, Peter and the other 11 men were promoting the Gospel, that Jesus was the Christ, and they did so in languages everyone could understand. This was miraculous, the work of the Holy Spirit, with the divine purpose of bringing salvation—the same purpose as the whole book. Les points out the next occurrence is Acts 10, where Peter, contrary to his desires and forced by God, goes to the house of the Gentile Cornelius, saying it was unlawful for a Jew to enter a Gentile's house, but God showed him otherwise. As Peter preached about Jesus of Nazareth as Israel's Messiah, Redeemer, and King, he wondered why he was giving this to Gentiles, unaware of God's purpose to go out to the Gentile world.
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
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