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So when this noise was heard, they came crowding together, and were amazed because everyone heard his own language spoken.
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They were beside themselves with wonder, and exclaimed, "Are not all these speakers Galilaeans?
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How then does each of us hear his own native language spoken by them?
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Some of us are Parthians, Medes, Elamites. Some are inhabitants of Mesopotamia, of Judaea or Cappadocia, of Pontus or the Asian Province, of Phrygia or Pamphylia,
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of Egypt or of the parts of Africa towards Cyrene. Others are visitors from Rome--being either Jews or converts from heathenism--and others are Cretans or Arabians.
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Yet we all alike hear these Galilaeans speaking in our own language about the wonderful things which God has done."
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They were all astounded and bewildered, and asked one another, "What can this mean?"
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But others, scornfully jeering, said, "They are brim-full of sweet wine."
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Peter however, together with the Eleven, stood up and addressed them in a loud voice. "Men of Judaea, and all you inhabitants of Jerusalem," he said, "be in no uncertainty about this matter but pay attention to what I say.
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For this is not intoxication, as you suppose, it being only the third hour of the day.
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But that which was predicted through the Prophet Joel has happened: