4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.



Ver. 4. As the Spirit gave them utterance] áðïöèåããåóèáé , to utter divine apothegms, grave and gracious sentences, or rather oracles; those Magnalia Dei, great things of God, Act_2:11; Mirabilia legis, Great things of the law, Psa_119:18. {2Pe_1:21} Cedro digna et Cerite cera. Horat.



And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost] And so gifted for their offices and employments in the Church. The heathens tell us that Hesiod, being filled with a sudden inspiration by the Muses, became of a sordid neatherd a most skilful poet. And Cicero saith, no man ever grew famous sine aliquo afflatu divino, without some inbreathing from on high.