14 But Peter, taking his stand with 1the 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 giveheed to my words.
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"For thesemen are not drunk, as you suppose, 2for it is only the thirdhour of the day;
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but this is what was spoken of through the prophetJoel:
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'3AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LASTDAYS,' Godsays, 'THAT I WILL POURFORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALLMANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNGMEN SHALL SEEVISIONS, AND YOUR OLDMEN SHALL DREAMDREAMS;
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EVEN ON MY BONDSLAVES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I WILL IN THOSEDAYSPOURFORTH OF MY SPIRIT And they shall prophesy.
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'AND I WILL GRANTWONDERS IN THE SKYABOVE AND SIGNS ON THE EARTHBELOW, BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND VAPOR OF SMOKE.
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'THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUSDAY OF THE LORD SHALL COME.
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'AND IT SHALL BE THAT 4EVERYONEWHOCALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.'
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"Men of Israel, listen to thesewords: 5Jesus the Nazarene, 6a manattested to you by God with miracles and 7wonders and signswhichGodperformedthrough Him in your midst, just as you yourselvesknow -
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this Man, delivered over by the 8predeterminedplan and foreknowledge of God, 9you nailed to a cross by the hands of godlessmen and put Him to death.
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"But 10Godraised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it 11was impossible* for Him to be held in its power.