The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

³⁰ “And I will show ^(F)wonders in the heavens and ^(G)on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. ^31 (H)The sun shall be turned to darkness, ^(I)and the moon to blood, ^(J)before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. ³² And it shall come to pass that ^(K)everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. ^(L)For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among ^(M)the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.

³ And divided tongues ^(A)as of fire appeared to them and rested^[a] on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all ^(B)filled with the Holy Spirit and began ^(C)to speak in other tongues ^(D)as the Spirit gave them utterance.

⁵ Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And ^(E)at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. ⁷ And ^(F)they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking ^(G)Galileans? ⁸ And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? ⁹ Parthians and ^(H)Medes and ^(I)Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, ¹¹ both Jews and ^(J)proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” ¹² And ^(K)all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”