8. And how do we hear, each one of us, in our own native language?
9. Parthians and Medes and Elamites and those residing in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
10. Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya toward Cyrene, and the Romans who were in town,
11. both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own languages the great deeds of God!”
12. And all were amazed and greatly perplexed, saying to one another, “What can this mean?”
13. But others jeered and said, “They are full of sweet new wine!”
14. But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them, “Judean men, and all those who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and pay attention to my words!
15. For these men are not drunk, as you assume, because it is the third hour of the day.
16. But this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
17. ‘And it will be in the last days,’ God says, ‘I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
18. And even on my male slaves and on my female slaves I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.