tongues gift of

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tongues gift of - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Tongues, Gift of
  granted on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:4), in fulfilment of a
  promise Christ had made to his disciples (Mark 16:17). What this
  gift actually was has been a subject of much discussion. Some
  have argued that it was merely an outward sign of the presence
  of the Holy Spirit among the disciples, typifying his manifold
  gifts, and showing that salvation was to be extended to all
  nations. But the words of Luke (Acts 2:9) clearly show that the
  various peoples in Jerusalem at the time of Pentecost did really
  hear themselves addressed in their own special language with
  which they were naturally acquainted (comp. Joel 2:28, 29).
  
    Among the gifts of the Spirit the apostle enumerates in 1 Cor.
  12:10-14:30, "divers kinds of tongues" and the "interpretation
  of tongues." This "gift" was a different manifestation of the
  Spirit from that on Pentecost, although it resembled it in many
  particulars. Tongues were to be "a sign to them that believe
  not."