Frankly, they, the crowd, had all heard the disciples speak in their native tongue. They did not hear gibberish as charismatics and Pentecostals want one to believe. They, the crowd, heard the disciples speaking in their own native language and the crowd was comprised of Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia ——.
I’ve heard from the pulpit of some churches on the point about acting silly and drunk that in Acts 2 when the mockers were accusing them of being drunk, that it was how the disciples were acting, laughing, staggering, etc.
What is missed is that SOME accused them of being drunk. If they were acting like that, then ALL the people would have thought they were drunk.
I’ve also heard of their fire tunnels and know some who went through them. It didn’t affect most people but one woman got knocked off her feet and attributes it to God.
“Frankly, they, the crowd, had all heard the disciples speak in their native tongue. “
The operative word is “Heard”
There were more people groups than there were speakers. If you don’t believe that count them. The miracle was in the hearing not the speaking. The disciples were probably speaking Aramaic. Understanding this places a whole different light on the gift. The disciples were not aware a miracle was happening until after it had finished.