4. All the believers were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
5. Devout Jewish men from every nation were living in Jerusalem.
6. They gathered when they heard the wind. Each person was startled to recognize his own dialect when the disciples spoke.
7. Stunned and amazed, the people in the crowd said, “All of these men who are speaking are Galileans.
8. Why do we hear them speaking in our native dialects?
9. We’re Parthians, Medes, and Elamites. We’re people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia,
10. Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the country near Cyrene in Libya. We’re Jewish people, converts to Judaism, and visitors from Rome,
11. Crete, and Arabia. We hear these men in our own languages as they tell about the miracles that God has done.”
12. All of these devout men were stunned and puzzled. They asked each other, “What can this mean?”
13. Others said jokingly, “They’re drunk on sweet wine.”
14. Then Peter stood up with the eleven apostles. In a loud voice he said to them, “Men of Judea and everyone living in Jerusalem! You must understand this, so pay attention to what I say.
15. These men are not drunk as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning.
16. Rather, this is what the prophet Joel spoke about:
17. ‘In the last days, God says,I will pour my Spirit on everyone.Your sons and daughters will speak what God has revealed.Your young men will see visions.Your old men will dream dreams.
18. In those daysI will pour my Spirit on my servants, on both men and women.They will speak what God has revealed.