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*In Acts 2:11, which describes the [[Pentecost]], in which the [[Apostles]] spoke in away that enabled listeners having different tongues or languages to understand.  The commonly understood term is "language", and the word "tongue" is now arcane.  Yet many translations, including the New American Bible and the [[NIV]], still use "tongue" even where "language" would be clearer:
 
*In Acts 2:11, which describes the [[Pentecost]], in which the [[Apostles]] spoke in away that enabled listeners having different tongues or languages to understand.  The commonly understood term is "language", and the word "tongue" is now arcane.  Yet many translations, including the New American Bible and the [[NIV]], still use "tongue" even where "language" would be clearer:
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:"... both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God."
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::"... both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God."
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The [[New Jerusalem Bible]], the [[New Revised Standard Version]] nd the [[Holman Christian Bible]] all use the more modern term of "languages" in that verse rather than "tongues".  
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;The [[New Jerusalem Bible]], the [[New Revised Standard Version]] and the [[Holman Christian Standard Bible]] all use the more modern term of "languages" in that verse rather than "tongues".  
    
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