Acts 2:14-36

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁴ But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them: Ye men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and with your ears receive my words.

¹⁵ For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day:

¹⁶ But this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel:

¹⁷ And it shall come to pass, in the last days, (saith the Lord,) I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

¹⁸ And upon my servants indeed, and upon my handmaids will I pour out in those days of my spirit, and they shall prophesy.

¹⁹ And I will shew wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth beneath: blood and fire, and vapour of smoke.

²⁰ The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord come.

²¹ And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.

²² Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you, by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God did by him, in the midst of you, as you also know:

²³ This same being delivered up, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you by the hands of wicked men have crucified and slain.

²⁴ Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the sorrows of hell, as it was impossible that he should be holden by it.

²⁵ For David saith concerning him: I foresaw the Lord before my face: because he is at my right hand, that I may not be moved.

²⁶ For this my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.

²⁷ Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

²⁸ Thou hast made known to me the ways of life: thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

²⁹ Ye men, brethren, let me freely speak to you of the patriarch David; that he died, and was buried; and his sepulchre is with us to this present day.

³⁰ Whereas therefore he was a prophet, and knew that God hath sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit upon his throne.

³¹ Foreseeing this, he spoke of the resurrection of Christ. For neither was he left in hell, neither did his flesh see corruption.

³² This Jesus hath God raised again, whereof all we are witnesses.

³³ Being exalted therefore by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath poured forth this which you see and hear.

³⁴ For David ascended not into heaven; but he himself said: The Lord said to my Lord, sit thou on my right hand,

³⁵ Until I make thy enemies thy footstool.

³⁶ Therefore let all the house of Israel know most certainly, that God hath made both Lord and Christ, this same Jesus, whom you have crucified.