The Day of Pentecost

¹When 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 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 filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other ^[e]tongues, as the Spirit was giving them ^[f]utterance.

⁵ Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And when 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 They were amazed and astonished, saying, “^[h]Why, are not all these who are speaking 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 Cappadocia, Pontus and ^[k]Asia, ¹⁰ Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around Cyrene, and ^[l]visitors from Rome, both Jews and ^[m]proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.” ¹² And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” ¹³ But others were mocking and saying, “They are full of ^[n]sweet wine.”

Peter’s Sermon

¹⁴ But Peter, ^[o]taking his stand with 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, 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: Jesus the Nazarene, a man ^[r]attested to you by God with ^[s]miracles and wonders and ^[t]signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know— ²³ this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of ^[u]godless men and put Him to death. ^24 [v]But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the ^[w]agony of death, since it 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 patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is ^[ac]with us to this day. ³⁰ And so, because he was a prophet and knew that 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 He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh ^[af]suffer decay. ³² This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. ³³ Therefore having been exalted ^[ag]to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has 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 house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and ^[ai]Christ—this Jesus 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]what shall we do?” ³⁸ Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” ⁴⁰ And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “^[am]Be saved from this perverse generation!” ⁴¹ So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand ^[an]souls. ⁴² They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and ^[ao]to prayer.

^43 [ap]Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and ^[aq]signs were taking place through the apostles. ⁴⁴ And all those who had believed ^[ar]were together and had all things in common; ⁴⁵ and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need. ⁴⁶ Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread ^[as]from house to house, they were taking their ^[at]meals together with gladness and ^[au]sincerity of heart, ⁴⁷ praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding ^[av]to their number day by day those who were being saved.