Peter Preaches to the Crowd

14Then Peter stepped forward with the eleven other apostles and shouted to the crowd, Listen carefully, all of you, fellow Jews and residents of Jerusalem! Make no mistake about this. 15These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine oclock in the morning is much too early for that. 16No, what you see was predicted long ago by the prophet Joel:

17In the last days, God says,

I will pour out my Spirit upon all people.

Your sons and daughters will prophesy.

Your young men will see visions,

and your old men will dream dreams.

18In those days I will pour out my Spirit

even on my servantsmen and women alike

and they will prophesy.

19And I will cause wonders in the heavens above

and signs on the earth below

blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

20The sun will become dark,

and the moon will turn blood red

before that great and glorious day of the Lord arrives.

21But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord

will be saved.*