2:5 Now there were devout Jews 5 from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem. 6 2:6 When this sound 7 occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, 8 because each one heard them speaking in his own language. 2:7 Completely baffled, they said, 9 “Aren’t 10 all these who are speaking Galileans? 2:8 And how is it that each one of us hears them 11 in our own native language? 12 2:9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia, 13 2:10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, 14 and visitors from Rome, 15 2:11 both Jews and proselytes, 16 Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!” 17 2:12 All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 2:13 But others jeered at the speakers, 18 saying, “They are drunk on new wine!” 19
2:14 But Peter stood up 20 with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: “You men of Judea 21 and all you who live in Jerusalem, 22 know this 23 and listen carefully to what I say. 2:15 In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, 24 for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. 25 2:16 But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel: 26
2:17 ‘And in the last days 27 it will be,’ God says,
‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, 28
and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
and your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.
2:18 Even on my servants, 29 both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 30
2:19 And I will perform wonders in the sky 31 above
and miraculous signs 32 on the earth below,
blood and fire and clouds of smoke.
2:20 The sun will be changed to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the great and glorious 33 day of the Lord comes.
2:21 And then 34 everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ 35