Acts 2:10-20

¹⁰Phrygia and Pamphylia; from Egypt and the area of Libya around Cyrene; visitors from Rome, both Jews and converts,

¹¹Cretans and Arabians—we hear them speaking in our own languages about all the great things God has done.”

¹²They were all amazed and confused. “What does this mean?” they asked each other.

¹³But others jeered and said, “They've been drinking too much wine!”

¹⁴Then Peter stood up with the eleven disciples and spoke in a loud voice: “Fellow Jews and everyone living here in Jerusalem: pay attention to me and I'll explain all this to you!

¹⁵These men aren't drunk as you presume. It's only nine in the morning!

¹⁶What's happening is what was predicted by the prophet Joel:

¹⁷God says, ‘In the last days I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.

¹⁸I will pour out my Spirit on my servants, both male and female, and they will prophesy.

¹⁹I will also give you miraculous signs in the heavens above and on the earth below—blood, fire, and swirling smoke!

²⁰The sun will become dark, and the moon will become red like blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord.