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When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken.
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Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?
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Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”
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Peter Addresses the Crowd
Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say.
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These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning!
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No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
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“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
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Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
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I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
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The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
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And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
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“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.
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David said about him: “‘I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
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because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay.
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Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.
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Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
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For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand
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When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
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Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”
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Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles.
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They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.
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Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,
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praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
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When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
