Acts 2:2-28

New International Version

²Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.^(A) ³They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. ⁴All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit^(B) and began to speak in other tongues^[a]^(C) as the Spirit enabled them.

⁵Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing^(D) Jews from every nation under heaven. ⁶When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. ⁷Utterly amazed,^(E) they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?^(F) ⁸Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? ⁹Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,^(G) Pontus^(H) and Asia,^[b]^(I) ¹⁰Phrygia^(J) and Pamphylia,^(K) Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene;^(L) visitors from Rome ¹¹(both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” ¹²Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

¹³Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”^(M)

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!^(N) 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.^(O)
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,^(P)
    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.^(Q)
¹⁹I will show wonders in the heavens above
    and signs on the earth below,^(R)
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.
²⁰The sun will be turned to darkness
    and the moon to blood^(S)
    before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
²¹And everyone who calls
    on the name of the Lord^(T) will be saved.’^[c]^(U)

²²“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth^(V) was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs,^(W) which God did among you through him,^(X) as you yourselves know. ²³This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge;^(Y) and you, with the help of wicked men,^[d] put him to death by nailing him to the cross.^(Z) ²⁴But God raised him from the dead,^(AA) freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.^(AB) 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.^(AC)
²⁸You have made known to me the paths of life;
    you will fill me with joy in your presence.’^[e]^(AD)