Charles Spurgeon Commentary Acts 2:9-11

"Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia, in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and sojourners from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our tongues the mighty works of God." — Acts 2:9-11 (ASV)

Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts in Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

Babel's curse was now removed—not by a reversing of God's curse, for God's curses and blessings are both like the laws of the Medes and Persians, which can never be altered. People still spoke the tongues of confusion, but the apostles were able to speak to them all after receiving that miraculous gift of tongues.

Thus, the promise of Jesus was fulfilled: He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do because I go unto my Father;

For Christ never spoke with many tongues, nor did he enable his disciples to do so during his life on earth. But when he had gone back to heaven to his Father, and had received gifts for men, they were enabled to do greater works than he had accomplished by his personal ministry here on earth.