Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 2:3

3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues , like as of fire , and it sate upon each of them .

To signifie the variety of Languages which the Apostles should be enabled to speak; to qualifie them to Preach the Gospel unto all Nations, and to remove the obstacle which the confusion of Tongues caus'd:

which represented, 1. The light that the Apostles should impart. 2dly. The fervent heat and zeal which they should be endued with. 3dly. The Gospel's spreading in the World, and carrying all before it, prevailing over all errors. 4thly. The purity and holiness which they and all that Preach the Gospel ought to appear withal.

Remained, as far as was necessary for the founding of the Christian Religion: and was not as the gift of Prophecy▪ bestowed onely occasionally, as on Nathan, Samuel.