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and yet we hear them speaking in our own native languages!
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Here we are—Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia,
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Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the areas of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome
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(both Jews and converts to Judaism), Cretans, and Arabs. And we all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done!”
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They stood there amazed and perplexed. “What can this mean?” they asked each other.
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But others in the crowd ridiculed them, saying, “They’re just drunk, that’s all!”
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Then Peter stepped forward with the eleven other apostles and shouted to the crowd, “Listen carefully, all of you, fellow Jews and residents of Jerusalem! Make no mistake about this.
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These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine o’clock in the morning is much too early for that.
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No, what you see was predicted long ago by the prophet Joel:
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‘In the last days,’ God says, ‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
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In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on my servants—men and women alike— and they will prophesy.