Notes on Inspired Speech
In Acts 2:4 it says
"And they were all filled with the Holy
Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as
the Spirit gave them utterance." KJV The key
there being "the Spirit gave them
utterance." When I look it up in Strong's I
get "pneuma:G4151 didomi:G1325 .
apophtheggomai:G669", which I take to mean
the words were the inspiration of God.
Then in Acts 2:17, it
says "And on my servants
and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those
days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy".
KJV. So from this I take that prophecy is to be
expected, prophesy coming frompropheteuo, G 4395
meaning to tell divine knowledge, the future, or
to speak under the inspiration and authority of
God. Therefore, I see this as another support for
divine inspiration for the inspired speech.
I wrote the above in an email discussion
group. Fortunately Robert A. Bayer
was kind enough to help me understand it further.
I agree with you that Peter
spoke as he was inspired by the holy spirit.
However, he also quoted the Scriptures as he
was inspired to do so. I suppose it is
possible that the scripture quotations were
given to him by direct revelation but I think
it is more likely that he knew the scriptures
he quoted and the Holy Spirit inspired him
quote them from his memory. Robert A.
Bayer in the Bible Study
List email discussion group 4/23/01
Acts
Chapter 2 - Full Text
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