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1They were amazed and astonished, saying, "Why, are not allthese who are speaking2Galileans?
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"And how is it that we eachhear them in our ownlanguage to which we were born?
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"Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and 3Cappadocia, 4Pontus and 5Asia,
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6Phrygia and 7Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libyaaround8Cyrene, and 9visitors from Rome, bothJews and 10proselytes,
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Cretans and Arabs -we hear them in our own tonguesspeaking of the mightydeeds of God."
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And 11they all continued in amazement and greatperplexity, saying to oneanother, "What does thismean*?"
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But others were mocking and saying, "12They are full of sweetwine."
Peter's Sermon
14 But Peter, taking his stand with 13the 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, 14for 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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'15AND 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;