Acts 2:1-18

1When 1the day of Pentecost 2had come, they were all together in one place. 2And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled 3the whole house where they were sitting. 3And there appeared to them tongues as of fire 4distributing themselves, and 5they 6rested on each one of them. 4And they were all 7filled with the Holy Spirit and began to 8speak with other 9tongues, as the Spirit was giving them 10utterance.

5Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, 11devout men from every nation under heaven. 6And when 12this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own 13language. 714They were amazed and astonished, saying, “15Why, are not all these who are speaking 16Galileans? 8And how is it that we each hear them in our own 17language 18to which we were born? 9Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and 19Cappadocia, 20Pontus and 2122Asia, 1023Phrygia and 24Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around 25Cyrene, and 2627visitors from Rome, both Jews and 2829proselytes, 11Cretans and Arabs--we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.” 12And 30they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13But others were mocking and saying, “31They are full of 32sweet wine.”

14But Peter, 33taking his stand with 34the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words. 15For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, 35for it is only the 36third hour of the day; 16but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:17‘37And it shall be in the last days,’ God says, ‘That I will pour forth of My Spirit on all 38mankind; And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams;18Even on My bondslaves, both men and women, I will in those days pour forth of My Spirit And they shall prophesy.