Understanding the "Weird" Stuff in Acts

The New Testament itself divides the last days (which began at Pentecost Joel 2, cf. Acts 2) into apostolic and post-apostolic dimensions or periods. There is a foundation-laying period, marked by the ministry of the apostles and prophets, and there is a post-foundational, post-apostolic period in view (as Ephesians 2:20 implies). It should not surprise us that phenomena occur in the former period which are not designed to continue beyond it, any more than the miracles of Moses, Elijah, or Elijah continued to be performed by their gifted successors. --Sinclair Ferguson