Favours of the Gracious God — Page 104
104 through such baseless ideas. It is a matter worth ponder - ing over that in the second chapter of Acts it is explained that the tongues in which the disciples spoke on that day were the same as those used by the Jews of Jerusalem. It is not stated that, they began to converse in Chinese, Sanskrit, or Japanese. Rather, it is clearly written that the Jews comprehended all those tongues, since all those lan - guages were already used in Jerusalem. Thus, in this situation, what is the “miracle” with re - gard to the disciples? In fact, presenting such narratives in this day and age should be considered an embarrassment. Is it not possible that the disciples were versed in those tongues that were frequently used in the city amongst the nation and brethren of the disciples? There was only one nation, one city and brethren where the culture meant that due to kinship, relationships, and partaking in each other’s affairs day and night, some became familiar with the language of others. Then what is unusual about the disciples, too, being familiar with the languages of their relatives? Such “miracle” does not seem to exceed the kind which the Sadhus of Lahore too demonstrate. On the other hand, had Max Müller written that the science of language originated with the enemies of Jesus and they were the first who laid its foundation, then such an