Acts 2:1-18 ▼

1 And when the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one consent in one place.

2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a rushing, violent wind, and it filled the whole house in which they were sitting.

3 And there appeared to them tongues like fire, which distributed themselves, and sat one on each of them.

4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem devout Jews, from every nation under heaven.

6 When the report of this had gone abroad, the multitude came together; and they were perplexed, for each one heard them speak in his own language.

7 They were amazed and astonished, and said one to another: Are not all these that are speaking, Galileans?

8 And how is it that we hear, every one in our own language in which we were born?

9 Parthians and Modes and Elamites, and we who dwell in Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, Roman residents, Jews and proselytes,

11 Cretes and Arabians? we hear them speaking, in our own tongues, the wonderful works of God?

12 And they were all in amazement and doubt, and said, one to another: What can this mean?

13 But others deriding, said: They are full of new wine.

14 But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them: Men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and give ear to my words.

15 For these men are not drunk, as you suppose: for it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel:

17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

18 And also on my servants and on my handmaids, I will pour out of my Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.