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There were many Jews staying in Jerusalem just then, devout pilgrims from all over the world.
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When they heard the sound, they came on the run. Then when they heard, one after another, their own mother tongues being spoken, they were thunderstruck.
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They couldn't for the life of them figure out what was going on, and kept saying, "Aren't these all Galileans?
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How come we're hearing them talk in our various mother tongues?
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Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; Visitors from Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia,
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Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene;
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both Jews and proselytes; Even Cretans and Arabs! "They're speaking our languages, describing God's mighty works!"
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Their heads were spinning; they couldn't make head or tail of any of it. They talked back and forth, confused: "What's going on here?"
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Others joked, "They're drunk on cheap wine."
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That's when Peter stood up and, backed by the other eleven, spoke out with bold urgency: "Fellow Jews, all of you who are visiting Jerusalem, listen carefully and get this story straight.
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These people aren't drunk as some of you suspect. They haven't had time to get drunk - it's only nine o'clock in the morning.