Acts 2:14-47

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Peter Addresses the Crowd

¹⁴Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. ¹⁵These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning!^(A) ¹⁶No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

¹⁷“‘In the last days, God says,
    I will pour out my Spirit on all people.^(B)
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,^(C)
    your young men will see visions,
    your old men will dream dreams.
¹⁸Even on my servants, both men and women,
    I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
    and they will prophesy.^(D)
¹⁹I will show wonders in the heavens above
    and signs on the earth below,^(E)
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.
²⁰The sun will be turned to darkness
    and the moon to blood^(F)
    before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
²¹And everyone who calls
    on the name of the Lord^(G) will be saved.’^[a]^(H)

²²“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth^(I) was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs,^(J) which God did among you through him,^(K) as you yourselves know. ²³This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge;^(L) and you, with the help of wicked men,^[b] put him to death by nailing him to the cross.^(M) ²⁴But God raised him from the dead,^(N) freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.^(O) ²⁵David said about him:

“‘I saw the Lord always before me.
    Because he is at my right hand,
    I will not be shaken.
²⁶Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
    my body also will rest in hope,
²⁷because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
    you will not let your holy one see decay.^(P)
²⁸You have made known to me the paths of life;
    you will fill me with joy in your presence.’^[c]^(Q)

²⁹“Fellow Israelites,^(R) I can tell you confidently that the patriarch^(S) David died and was buried,^(T) and his tomb is here^(U) to this day. ³⁰But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.^(V) ³¹Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.^(W) ³²God has raised this Jesus to life,^(X) and we are all witnesses^(Y) of it. ³³Exalted^(Z) to the right hand of God,^(AA) he has received from the Father^(AB) the promised Holy Spirit^(AC) and has poured out^(AD) what you now see and hear. ³⁴For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,

“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
³⁵until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.”’^[d]^(AE)

³⁶“Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord^(AF) and Messiah.”^(AG)

³⁷When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”^(AH)

³⁸Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized,^(AI) every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.^(AJ) And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.^(AK) ³⁹The promise is for you and your children^(AL) and for all who are far off^(AM)—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

⁴⁰With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”^(AN) ⁴¹Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number^(AO) that day.

The Fellowship of the Believers

⁴²They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching^(AP) and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread^(AQ) and to prayer.^(AR) ⁴³Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles.^(AS) ⁴⁴All the believers were together and had everything in common.^(AT) ⁴⁵They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.^(AU) ⁴⁶Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts.^(AV) They broke bread^(AW) in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, ⁴⁷praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people.^(AX) And the Lord added to their number^(AY) daily those who were being saved.