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both Jews and Gentiles converted to Judaism, and some of us are from Crete and Arabia - yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages about the great things that God has done!"
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Amazed and confused, they kept asking each other, "What does this mean?"
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But others made fun of the believers, saying, "These people are drunk!"
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Then Peter stood up with the other eleven apostles and in a loud voice began to speak to the crowd: "Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, listen to me and let me tell you what this means.
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These people are not drunk, as you suppose; it is only nine o'clock in the morning.
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Instead, this is what the prophet Joel spoke about:
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"This is what I will do in the last days, God says:
1 I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will proclaim my message; your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams.
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Yes, even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will proclaim my message.
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I will perform miracles in the sky above and wonders on the earth below. There will be blood, fire, and thick smoke;
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the sun will be darkened, and the moon will turn red as blood, before the great and glorious Day of the Lord comes.
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And then, whoever calls out to the Lord for help will be saved.'