9. Parthians and Medes and Elamites and inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and [the province of] Asia,
10. Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and the transient residents from Rome, both Jews and the proselytes [to Judaism from other religions],
11. Cretans and Arabians too–we all hear them speaking in our own native tongues [and telling of] the mighty works of God!
12. And all were beside themselves with amazement and were puzzled and bewildered, saying one to another, What can this mean?
13. But others made a joke of it and derisively said, They are simply drunk and full of sweet [intoxicating] wine.
14. But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: You Jews and all you residents of Jerusalem, let this be [explained] to you so that you will know and understand; listen closely to what I have to say.
15. For these men are not drunk, as you imagine, for it is [only] the third hour (about 9:00 a.m.) of the day;
16. But [instead] this is [the beginning of] what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
17. And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels] and your young men shall see visions (divinely granted appearances), and your old men shall dream [divinely suggested] dreams.
18. Yes, and on My menservants also and on My maidservants in those days I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels and predicting future events pertaining especially to God's kingdom].
19. And I will show wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth beneath, blood and fire and smoking vapor;