Acts 2:1-38

New American Standard Bible 1995

The Day of Pentecost

2 When ^(A)the day of Pentecost ^[a]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 ^(B)the whole house where they were sitting. ³ And there appeared to them tongues as of fire ^[b]distributing themselves, and ^[c]they ^[d]rested on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all ^(C)filled with the Holy Spirit and began to ^(D)speak with other ^[e]tongues, as the Spirit was giving them ^[f]utterance.

⁵ Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, ^(E)devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And when ^(F)this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own ^[g]language. ^7 (G)They were amazed and astonished, saying, “^[h]Why, are not all these who are speaking ^(H)Galileans? ⁸ And how is it that we each hear them in our own ^[i]language ^[j]to which we were born? ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and ^(I)Cappadocia, ^(J)Pontus and ^[k](K)Asia, ^10 (L)Phrygia and ^(M)Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around ^(N)Cyrene, and ^[l](O)visitors from Rome, both Jews and ^[m](P)proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.” ¹² And ^(Q)they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” ¹³ But others were mocking and saying, “^(R)They are full of ^[n]sweet wine.”

Peter’s Sermon

¹⁴ But Peter, ^[o]taking his stand with ^(S)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, ^(T)for it is only the ^[p]third hour of the day; ¹⁶ but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:

²² “Men of Israel, listen to these words: ^(W)Jesus the Nazarene, ^(X)a man ^[r]attested to you by God with ^[s]miracles and ^(Y)wonders and ^[t]signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know— ²³ this Man, delivered over by the ^(Z)predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, ^(AA)you nailed to a cross by the hands of ^[u]godless men and put Him to death. ^24 [v]But ^(AB)God raised Him up again, putting an end to the ^[w]agony of death, since it ^(AC)was impossible for Him to be held ^[x]in its power. ²⁵ For David says of Him,

²⁹ “^[ab]Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the ^(AG)patriarch David that he both ^(AH)died and ^(AI)was buried, and ^(AJ)his tomb is ^[ac]with us to this day. ³⁰ And so, because he was ^(AK)a prophet and knew that ^(AL)God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one ^[ad]of his descendants on his throne, ³¹ he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of ^[ae]the Christ, that ^(AM)He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh ^[af]suffer decay. ³² This Jesus ^(AN)God raised up again, to which we are all ^(AO)witnesses. ³³ Therefore having been exalted ^[ag](AP)to the right hand of God, and ^(AQ)having received from the Father ^(AR)the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has ^(AS)poured forth this which you both see and hear. ³⁴ For it was not David who ascended into ^[ah]heaven, but he himself says:

³⁶ Therefore let all the ^(AU)house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both ^(AV)Lord and ^[ai]Christ—this Jesus ^(AW)whom you crucified.”

The Ingathering

³⁷ Now when they heard this, they were ^[aj]pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “^[ak]Brethren, ^[al](AX)what shall we do?” ³⁸ Peter said to them, “^(AY)Repent, and each of you be ^(AZ)baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.