Acts 2:7-17

7 ¹They were amazed and astonished, saying, "Why, are not all these who are speaking ²Galileans?

8 "And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?

9 "Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and ³Cappadocia, ⁴Pontus and ⁵Asia,

10 ⁶Phrygia and ⁷Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around ⁸Cyrene, and ⁹visitors from Rome, both Jews and ¹⁰proselytes,

11 Cretans and Arabs -we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God."

12 And ¹¹they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, "What does this mean *?"

13 But others were mocking and saying, "¹²They are full of sweet wine."

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 give heed to my words.

15 "For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, ¹⁴for it is only the third hour of the day;

16 but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:

17 '¹⁵AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, 'THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS;

Cross References

• 1. Acts 2:12
• 2. Matthew 26:73; Acts 1:11
• 3. 1 Peter 1:1
• 4. Acts 18:2; 1 Peter 1:1
• 5. Acts 6:9; Acts 16:6; Acts 19:10; Acts 20:4; Acts 21:27; Acts 24:18; Acts 27:2; Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:19; 2 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Timothy 1:15; Revelation 1:4
• 6. Acts 16:6; Acts 18:23
• 7. Acts 13:13; Acts 14:24; Acts 15:38; Acts 27:5
• 8. Matthew 27:32
• 9. Acts 17:21
• 10. Matthew 23:15
• 11. Acts 2:7
• 12. 1 Corinthians 14:23
• 13. Acts 1:26
• 14. 1 Thessalonians 5:7
• 15. Joel 2:28-32

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "Behold"
• [b] Or "dialect"
• [c] Lit "in"
• [d] I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
• [e] Lit "the sojourning Romans"
• [f] I.e. Gentile converts to Judaism
• [g] I.e. new wine
• [h] Or "being put forward" as spokesman
• [i] I.e. 9 a.m.
• [j] Lit "flesh"