Acts 2:5-34

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:

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.

²¹But whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

²²People of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man confirmed by God to you by the powerful miracles and signs that God performed through him, right here among you—as you well know.

²³God, knowing beforehand what would happen, followed his plan and resolved to hand him over to you. By means of the hands of wicked men, you killed him by nailing him to a cross.

²⁴But God raised him back to life, freeing him from the burden of death, because death did not have the power to keep him a prisoner.

²⁵David says of him, ‘I saw the Lord always in front of me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.

²⁶That's why I'm so happy! That's why my words are full of joy! That's why my body lives in hope!

²⁷For you will not abandon me in the grave, nor will you allow your Holy One to experience decay.

²⁸You have revealed to me the ways of life. You will fill me with joy with your presence.’

²⁹My brothers and sisters, let me tell you plainly that our ancestor David died and was buried, and his tomb is here with us to this day.

³⁰But he was a prophet, and knew that God had promised on oath to place one of his descendants on his throne.

³¹David saw what would happen and spoke about the resurrection of Christ—for Christ was not abandoned to the grave nor did he experience decay.

³²God has raised this Jesus from the dead, and we're all witnesses of that.

³³Now he's been exalted to God's right hand, and has received from the Father the Holy Spirit whom he promised, and has poured out what you're seeing and hearing.

³⁴For David didn't ascend into heaven, but he did say: the Lord told my Lord, ‘Sit down here at my right hand