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They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
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And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
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Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.
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And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.
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Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
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How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?
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Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
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Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,
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both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
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Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”
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But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”
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Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.
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These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!
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No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
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‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
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Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
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I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
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The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.
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And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’