Acts 2:25-39

New King James Version

²⁵For David says concerning Him:

^(A)‘I foresaw the Lord always before my face,
For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken.
²⁶Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad;
Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope.
²⁷For You will not leave my soul in Hades,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see ^(B)corruption.
²⁸You have made known to me the ways of life;
You will make me full of joy in Your presence.’

²⁹“Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you ^(C)of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. ³⁰Therefore, being a prophet, ^(D)and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, ^[a]according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, ³¹he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, ^(E)that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. ³²^(F)This Jesus God has raised up, ^(G)of which we are all witnesses. ³³Therefore ^(H)being exalted ^[b]to ^(I)the right hand of God, and ^(J)having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He ^(K)poured out this which you now see and hear.

³⁴“For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself:

^(L)‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
³⁵Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” ’

³⁶“Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”

³⁷Now when they heard this, ^(M)they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”

³⁸Then Peter said to them, ^(N)“Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the ^[c]remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹For the promise is to you and ^(O)to your children, and ^(P)to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”