Acts 2:12–21

¹²Amazed and confused, they kept asking each other, “What does this mean?”

¹³But others made fun of the believers, saying, “These people are drunk!”

Peter’s Message

¹⁴Then Peter stood up with the other eleven apostles and in a loud voice began to speak to the crowd: “Fellow-Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, listen to me and let me tell you what this means. ¹⁵These people are not drunk, as you suppose; it is only nine o’clock in the morning. ¹⁶Instead, this is what the prophet Joel spoke about:

^17*‘This is what I will do in the last days, God says:

I will pour out my Spirit on everyone.

Your sons and daughters will proclaim my message;

your young men will see visions,

and your old men will have dreams.

^18*Yes, even on my servants, both men and women,

I will pour out my Spirit in those days,

and they will proclaim my message.

^19*I will perform miracles in the sky above

and wonders on the earth below.

There will be blood, fire, and thick smoke;

^20*the sun will be darkened,

and the moon will turn red as blood,

before the great and glorious Day of the Lord comes.

^21*And then, whoever calls out to the Lord for help will be saved.’