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Acts - ch 2 v 1 - 20
- And when the days of the Pentecost were accomplished, they were all together in one place:
- And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
- And there appeared to them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them:
- And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak.
- Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
- And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue.
- And they were all amazed, and wondered, saying: Behold, are not all these, that speak, Galileans?
- And how have we heard, every man our own tongue wherein we were born?
- Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
- Phrygia, and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome,
- Jews also, and proselytes, Cretes, and Arabians: we have heard them speak in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.
- And they were all astonished, and wondered, saying one to another: What meaneth this?
- But others mocking, said: These men are full of new wine.
- But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them: Ye men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and with your ears receive my words.
- For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day:
- But this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel:
- And it shall come to pass, in the last days, (saith the Lord,) I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
- And upon my servants indeed, and upon my handmaids will I pour out in those days of my spirit, and they shall prophesy.
- And I will shew wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth beneath: blood and fire, and vapour of smoke.
- The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord come.
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