Old/New Testament

On Pentecost The Spirit Empowers Them To Speak To The Crowd In Their Native Languages

2 And during the day of Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all together at the same place. ² And suddenly a noise from heaven like of a violent rushing wind took place, and filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³ And dividing^[a] tongues as-if of fire appeared to them. And it sat on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other tongues^[b] as the Spirit was giving^[c] the uttering^[d] to them. ⁵ Now there were Jews dwelling in Jerusalem, reverent men from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And this sound having taken place, the crowd came together and was confounded^[e] because they were each one hearing them speaking in his own language! ⁷ And they were astonished, and were marveling, saying “Behold, are not all these ones speaking Galileans? ⁸ And how is it we are each one hearing in our own language in which we were born?— ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites; and the ones dwelling-in Mesopotamia, and Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ and Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the regions of Libya toward Cyrene; and the Romans residing here; ¹¹ both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs; we are hearing them speaking the great^[f] things of God in our own tongues”. ¹² And they were all astonished and greatly-perplexed, saying one to another, “What does this mean?” ¹³ But others, while scoffing^[g], were saying that “They have been filled with sweet-new-wine”.

Peter Declares To The Crowd That This Event Is God Pouring Out His Promised Spirit

¹⁴ And Peter, having stood with the eleven, raised his voice and declared^[h] to them, “Men, Jews, and all the ones dwelling-in Jerusalem: let this be known to you, and pay-attention-to my words. ¹⁵ For these ones are not drunk, as you are assuming^[i]. For it is the third^[j] hour of the day. ¹⁶ But this is the thing having been spoken through the prophet Joel [in Joel 2:28-32]: ¹⁷ ‘And it shall be in the last days, God says, that I will pour-out from^[k] My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your older men will dream with dreams. ¹⁸ And^[l] indeed upon My male-slaves and upon My female-slaves I will pour-out from My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. ¹⁹ And I will give wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth below— blood, and fire and a vapor of smoke. ²⁰ The sun will be changed into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious^[m] day of the Lord comes. ²¹ And it shall be that everyone who calls-upon the name of the Lord will be saved’.