Acts 2:11-20

Cretans and Arabs #— #we hear them declaring the magnificent acts of God in our own tongues.” They were all astounded and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean? ” But some sneered and said, “They’re drunk on new wine.”  Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed to them, “Fellow Jews and all you residents of Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and pay attention to my words. For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it’s only nine in the morning.  On the contrary, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: And it will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all people; then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.   I will even pour out my Spirit on my servants in those days, both men and women and they will prophesy.  I will display wonders in the heaven  above and signs on the earth  below: blood and fire and a cloud of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood   before the great and glorious day of the Lord    comes.