The Day of Pentecost
1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.
2 And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.
5 Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.
6 And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language.
7 They were amazed and astonished, saying, Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
8 And how is it that we each hear
them in our own language to which we were born?
9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretans and Arabswe hear them in our
own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.
12 And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, What does this mean?
13 But others were mocking and saying, They are full of sweet wine.
Peters Sermon
14 But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.
15 For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is
only the third hour of the day;
16 but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:
17 A
ND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS, God says,
T
HAT I
WILL POUR FORTH OF M
Y S
PIRIT ON ALL MANKIND;
A
ND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY,
A
ND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS,
A
ND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS;
18 E
VEN ON M
Y BONDSLAVES,
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN,
I
WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR FORTH OF M
Y S
PIRIT And they shall prophesy.
19 A
ND I
WILL GRANT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE A
ND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW,
B
LOOD,
AND FIRE,
AND VAPOR OF SMOKE.
20 T
HE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS A
ND THE MOON INTO BLOOD,
B
EFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE L
ORD SHALL COME.
21 A
ND IT SHALL BE THAT EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE L
ORD WILL BE SAVED.
22 Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know
23 this
Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put
Him to death.
24 But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.
25 For David says of Him,
I
SAW THE L
ORD ALWAYS IN MY PRESENCE;
F
OR H
E IS AT MY RIGHT HAND,
SO THAT I
WILL NOT BE SHAKEN.
26 T
HEREFORE MY HEART WAS GLAD AND MY TONGUE EXULTED;
M
OREOVER MY FLESH ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE;
27 B
ECAUSE Y
OU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO H
ADES,
N
OR ALLOW Y
OUR H
OLY O
NE TO UNDERGO DECAY.
28 Y
OU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE;
Y
OU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH Y
OUR PRESENCE.
29 Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
30 And so, because he was a prophet and knew that G
OD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE,
31 he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that H
E WAS NEITHER ABANDONED TO H
ADES, NOR DID His flesh
SUFFER DECAY.
32 This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses.
33 Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear.
34 For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says:
T
HE L
ORD SAID TO MY L
ORD,
S
IT AT M
Y RIGHT HAND,
35 U
NTIL I
MAKE Y
OUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR Y
OUR FEET.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christthis Jesus whom you crucified.
The Ingathering
37 Now when they heard
this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?
38 Peter
said to them, Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39 For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.
40 And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation!
41 So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.
42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
43 Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.
44 And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common;
45 and they
began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.
46 Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart,
47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.