Acts 2:1-21

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all meeting together in one place. Suddenly a noise came from heaven like a roaring wind that filled the whole house where they were staying. They saw what looked like separate tongue-shaped flames that settled on each of them. All 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. At that time there were devout Jews from every nation on earth living in Jerusalem. When they heard this noise, a large crowd of them gathered. They were puzzled because everyone heard their own language being spoken. They were totally amazed, saying, “Look, these people who are speaking—aren't they all Galileans? So how is it that we can all hear them speaking in our own mother tongue? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people from Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia; from Egypt and the area of Libya around Cyrene; visitors from Rome, both Jews and converts, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them speaking in our own languages about all the great things God has done.” They were all amazed and confused. “What does this mean?” they asked each other. But others jeered and said, “They've been drinking too much wine!” Then 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! These men aren't drunk as you presume. It's only nine in the morning! What's happening is what was predicted by the prophet Joel: God 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. I will pour out my Spirit on my servants, both male and female, and they will prophesy. I will also give you miraculous signs in the heavens above and on the earth below—blood, fire, and swirling smoke! The sun will become dark, and the moon will become red like blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord. But whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’