<p>2:18 <i>Yes, and in those days will I pour out My Spirit on My servants and on My handmaids, and they shall prophesy</i>- In order to see a fulfilment of this at that time of Pentecost, surely there were female believers who also began speaking in foreign languages- although that is not recorded. Often the NT quotes the OT selectively, omitting words and phrases which were not relevant to the fulfilment. The fact the &quot;handmaids&quot; and &quot;daughters&quot; (:17) are mentioned would surely mean that there were women also given the gifts at this time. The fact this is not specifically recorded is yet another example of how the records are so abbreviated. The fact women aren't recorded as publicly preaching at this time is no reason to think they did not. Likewise the fulfilment of the Joel prophecy meant that there were both old and young men preaching (:17). The &quot;all&quot; who were &quot;together in one place&quot; (2:1) were those who received the gifts, all within the house; not just the apostles. However, 2:7 records the impression that &quot;all&quot; who were speaking in foreign languages were from Galilee. The women / sisters in view were therefore presumably also from Galilee. Peter &quot;and the eleven&quot; stated that &quot;these are not drunk&quot; (:15)- rather than 'We are not drunk'. The use of &quot;these&quot; suggests that there were others apart from 'the twelve' who were preaching with the Spirit gifts. It was a shameful thing for a Jewish man to talk publicly to a woman, let alone for her to read the Torah, and for a woman to publicly preach God's word would have been nothing short of scandalous. In this we have a challenge to our own sense of inadequacy in witness; women, Galileans, the illiterate and poorly educated... were those used by God to make history's greatest and most effective public witness to Christ.</p>