How many times in the Bible did the Holy Spirit give the gift of speaking in tongues?
Scripture records exactly three times when the Holy Spirit manifested Himself by giving the gift of speaking a multitude of languages. These occasions are found in the Book of Acts. The languages spoken were known languages, understandable by anyone present from that same background.
Les teaches that in Acts 19, Paul found certain disciples at Ephesus who had only received John's baptism. After they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, Paul laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with languages other than their own and prophesied. Les points out that this is one of only three times in the whole Book of Acts, in fact in all of Scripture, where the Holy Spirit manifested Himself by giving out the gift of speaking a multitude of languages. He clarifies that those were known languages, understandable if somebody happened to be in the room from that same background.
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
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