Acts 2

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¹And when the day of Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all together at the same place. ²And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them, and it rested upon each one of them. ⁴And they were all filled with holy spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them to declare. ⁵Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶And when this sound occurred, the multitude surged together and was stunned, because they were hearing, each one, them speaking in his own dialect. ⁷And they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another: "Look, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? ⁸And how do we hear, each one in our own dialect in which we were born? ⁹Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and the inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the Asia, ¹⁰both Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya that are around Cyrene, and the visiting Romans, ¹¹Cretans and Arabians—we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!" ¹²And they were all amazed and perplexed, saying one to another: "What might this wish to be?" ¹³But others, sneering, said, "They are steeped in sweet wine." ¹⁴But Peter, having stood up with the eleven, lifted his voice and declared to them: "Men, Jews, and all you inhabiting Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. ¹⁵For not as you suppose are these men drunk, for it is the third hour of the day; ¹⁶but this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: ¹⁷'And it will be in the last days, says God, I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream with dreams. ¹⁸And indeed, upon my male servants and upon my female servants in those days I will pour out from my Spirit, and they will prophesy. ¹⁹And I will give wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. ²⁰The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord comes. ²¹And it will be, everyone whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.' ²²"Men, Israelites, hear these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested by God to you by works of power and wonders and signs, which God did through him in your midst, just as you yourselves know— ²³this one, given over by the determined plan and foreknowledge of God, you took, and by the hand of lawless men, fastening him to a cross, you killed; ²⁴whom God raised up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. ²⁵For David says concerning him: 'I foresaw the Lord before my face continually, because he is at my right hand, so that I may not be shaken; ²⁶therefore my heart was glad and my tongue exulted; moreover also my flesh will dwell in hope. ²⁷because you will not abandon my soul into Hades, nor will you give your Holy One to see corruption. ²⁸You made known to me ways of life; you will fill me with gladness with your presence.' ²⁹"Men, brothers, it is permitted to speak with boldness to you concerning the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is among us until this day. ³⁰Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God swore with an oath to him, out of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, to raise up the Christ to sit upon his throne, ³¹foreseeing this, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul abandoned into Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. ³²This Jesus God raised up, of which we all are witnesses. ³³Therefore, having been exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he poured out this which you yourselves now both see and hear. ³⁴For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, ³⁵until I make your enemies a footstool of your feet."' ³⁶Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God made him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified." ³⁷Now upon hearing this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: "What should we do, men, brothers?" ³⁸And Peter said to them: "Repent, and let each one of you be baptized upon the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all those far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself." ⁴⁰And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this crooked generation." ⁴¹So then, those who gladly received his word were baptized, and there were added on that day about three thousand souls. ⁴²And they were persisting in the teaching of the apostles and in the fellowship, and in the breaking of the bread and in the prayers. ⁴³And fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles. ⁴⁴And all those believing were together at the same place, and had all things in common; ⁴⁵and they were selling their possessions and goods, and were distributing them to all, according as anyone had need. ⁴⁶And daily persisting with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were partaking of food in gladness and sincerity of heart, ⁴⁷praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding those being saved daily together at the same place.

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