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The Acts of the Apostles make clear that the Apostles spoke various languages or “tongues” that first Pentecost Sunday, not one:
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance (Acts 2:1-4, emphasis added).
The unifying for force of the Holy Spirit stands in blessed contrast to the punishment received at the Tower of Babel, when the people sought unity apart from God (Gen. 11:1-9). Here in Acts, most of the people recognize the miraculous nature of the Pentecost event (Act. 2:5-13).