The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
And when athe day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing awind, and it filled bthe whole house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared to them tongues like fire adistributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. 4 And they were all afilled with the Holy Spirit and began to bspeak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.
5 Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, adevout men from every nation under heaven. 6 And when athis sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language. 7 aSo they were astounded and marveling, saying, “Behold, are not all these who are speaking bGalileans? 8 And how is it that we each hear them in our own language in which we were born? 9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and aCappadocia, bPontus and cAsia, 10 aPhrygia and bPamphylia, Egypt and the district of Libya around cCyrene, and dvisitors from Rome, both Jews and eproselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.” 12 And athey all continued in astonishment and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13 But others, mocking, were saying, “aThey are full of new wine.”
Peter’s Sermon at Pentecost
14 But Peter, taking his stand with athe 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, afor it is the third hour of the day; 16 but this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
17 ‘aAnd it shall be in the last days,’ God says,
‘That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind;
And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
And your young men shall see visions,
And your old men shall dream dreams;
18 Even on My male slaves and female slaves,
I will in those days pour out My Spirit
And they shall prophesy.
19 And I will put wonders in the sky above
And signs on the earth below,
Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.
20 The sun will be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood,
Before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
21 And it will be that aeveryone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
22 “Men of Israel, listen to these words: aJesus the Nazarene, ba man attested to you by God with miracles and cwonders and signs which God did through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know— 23 this Man, delivered over by the apredetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, byou nailed to a cross by the hands of lawless men and put Him to death. 24 But aGod raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it bwas impossible for Him to be held in its power. 25 For David says of Him,
‘aI saw the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken.
26 Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue exulted;
Moreover my flesh also will live in hope;
27 Because You will not forsake my soul to aHades,
bNor give Your Holy One over to see corruption.
28 You have made known to me the ways of life;
You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.’
29 “Men, brothers, I may confidently say to you regarding the apatriarch David that he both bdied and cwas buried, and dhis tomb is with us to this day. 30 And so, because he was aa prophet and knew that bGod had sworn to him with an oath to set one of the fruit of his body on his throne, 31 he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that aHe was neither forsaken to Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus aGod raised up again, to which we are all bwitnesses. 33 Therefore having been exalted ato the right hand of God, and bhaving received from the Father cthe promise of the Holy Spirit, He has dpoured out this which you both see and hear. 34 For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says:
‘aThe Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
35 Until I put Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet.”’
36 Therefore let all the ahouse of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both bLord and Christ—this Jesus cwhom you crucified.”
About Three Thousand Souls Saved
37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men, brothers, awhat should we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “aRepent, and each of you be bbaptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For athe promise is for you and your children and for all who are bfar off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” 40 And with many other words he solemnly abore witness and kept on exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this bcrooked generation!” 41 So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand asouls. 42 And they were acontinually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to bthe breaking of bread and ato the prayers.
43 And fear came upon every soul; and many awonders and signs were taking place through the apostles. 44 And all those who had believed were together and ahad all things in common; 45 and they abegan selling their property and possessions and were bdividing them up with all, as anyone might have need. 46 aAnd daily devoting themselves with one accord in the temple and bbreaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, 47 praising God and ahaving favor with all the people. And the Lord bwas adding to their number daily cthose who were being saved.