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At that time there were devout Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem.
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When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers.
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They were completely amazed. “How can this be?” they exclaimed. “These people are all from Galilee,
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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.