13. But others said, scoffing, “They have had too much new wine.”
14. Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed to them, “You who are Jews, indeed all of you staying in Jerusalem. Let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15. These people are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.
16. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
17. ‘It will come to pass in the last days,’ God says,‘that I will pour out a portion of my spirit upon all flesh.Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,your young men shall see visions,your old men shall dream dreams.
18. Indeed, upon my servants and my handmaidsI will pour out a portion of my spirit in those days,and they shall prophesy.
19. And I will work wonders in the heavens aboveand signs on the earth below:blood, fire, and a cloud of smoke.
20. The sun shall be turned to darkness,and the moon to blood,before the coming of the great and splendid day of the Lord,
21. and it shall be that everyone shall be saved who calls onthe name of the Lord.’
22. You who are Israelites, hear these words. Jesus the Nazorean was a man commended to you by God with mighty deeds, wonders, and signs, which God worked through him in your midst, as you yourselves know.