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Now there were staying in Yerushalayim religious Jews from every nation under heaven.
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When they heard this sound, a crowd gathered; they were confused, because each one heard the believers speaking in his own language.
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Totally amazed, they asked, "How is this possible? Aren't all these people who are speaking from the Galil?
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How is it that we hear them speaking in our native languages?
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We are Parthians, Medes, Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Y'hudah, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,
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Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome;
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Jews by birth and proselytes; Jews from Crete and from Arabia. . . ! How is it that we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great things God has done?"
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Amazed and confused, they all went on asking each other, "What can this mean?"
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But others made fun of them and said, "They've just had too much wine!"
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Then Kefa stood up with the Eleven and raised his voice to address them: "You Judeans, and all of you staying here in Yerushalayim! Let me tell you what this means! Listen carefully to me!
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"These people aren't drunk, as you suppose - it's only nine in the morning.