Acts 2:3-16

³They saw what looked like separate tongue-shaped flames that settled on each of them.

⁴All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages as the Spirit gave them the ability to do so.

⁵At that time there were devout Jews from every nation on earth living in Jerusalem.

⁶When they heard this noise, a large crowd of them gathered. They were puzzled because everyone heard their own language being spoken.

⁷They were totally amazed, saying, “Look, these people who are speaking—aren't they all Galileans?

⁸So how is it that we can all hear them speaking in our own mother tongue?

⁹Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people from Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

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: