Acts 2–5

And when ^athe day of Pentecost ^bwas fully come, they were all ^cwith one accord in one place. ²And suddenly there came ^da sound from heaven ^eas of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. ³And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of ^ffire, and it sat upon each of them. ⁴And ^gthey were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began ^hto speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. ⁵And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, ⁱdevout men, out of every nation under heaven. ⁶Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were ^kconfounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. ⁷And they were all ^lamazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak ^mGalileans? ⁸And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? ⁹Parthians, and ⁿMedes, and ^oElamites, and the dwellers in ^pMesopotamia, and in Judea, and ^qCappadocia, in ^qrPontus, and ^qsAsia, ^10tPhrygia, and ^uPamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about ^xCyrene, and ^ystrangers of Rome, Jews and ^zproselytes, ^11aCretes and ^bArabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the ^cwonderful works of God. ¹²And they were all ^damazed, and ^ewere in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? ¹³Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

¹⁴But Peter, standing up with ^fthe eleven, ^glift up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: ¹⁵for these are not ^hdrunken, as ye suppose, ⁱseeing it is but ^kthe third hour of the day. ¹⁶But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; ^17lAnd it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, ^mI will pour out of my Spirit ⁿupon all flesh: and your sons and ^oyour daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: ¹⁸and on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and ^pthey shall prophesy: ¹⁹and I will shew ^qwonders in heaven above, and ^qsigns in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: ^20rthe sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: ²¹and it shall come to pass, that ^swhosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. ²²Ye men of Israel, hear these words; ^tJesus of Nazareth, a man ^uapproved of God among you by ^xmiracles and ^qxwonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: ²³Him, ^ybeing delivered by the ^zdeterminate counsel and ^aforeknowledge of God, ^bye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: ^24cwhom God hath raised up, having loosed ^dthe pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. ²⁵For David speaketh ^econcerning him, ^fI foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: ²⁶therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: ^27gbecause thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. ²⁸Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. ²⁹Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of ^hthe patriarch David, that ⁱhe is both dead and buried, and ^khis sepulchre is with us unto this day. ³⁰Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that ^lGod had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, ^maccording to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; ³¹he seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, ⁿthat his soul was not left in ^ohell, neither his flesh did see corruption. ³²This Jesus ^chath God raised up, whereof we all are ^pwitnesses. ³³Therefore ^qbeing by the right hand of God exalted, and having received ^rof the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath ^sshed forth this, which ye now see and hear. ³⁴For David is not ^tascended ^uinto the heavens: but he saith himself, ^xThe Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, ³⁵until I make thy foes thy footstool. ³⁶Therefore let all the house of Israel know ^yassuredly, that ^zGod hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both ^aLord and Christ.

³⁷Now when they heard this, they were ^bpricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, ^cwhat shall we do? ³⁸Then Peter said unto them, ^dRepent, and ^ebe baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ ^ffor the remission of sins, and ye shall receive ^gthe gift of the Holy Ghost. ³⁹For the promise is unto you, and ^hto your children, and to all that are ⁱafar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. ⁴⁰And with many other words did he ^jtestify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this ^kuntoward generation.

⁴¹Then they that gladly ^lreceived his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them ^mabout three thousand ⁿsouls. ⁴²And they ^ocontinued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in ^ybreaking of bread, and in prayers. ⁴³And ^pfear came upon every soul: and ^qmany wonders and signs were done by the apostles. ⁴⁴And all that believed were ^rtogether, and ^shad all things common; ⁴⁵and ^tsold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, ^uas every man had need. ⁴⁶And they, ^ocontinuing daily ^wwith one accord ^xin the temple, and ^ybreaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with ^zgladness and singleness of heart, ^47apraising God, and having ^bfavour with all the people. And the Lord ^cadded to the church daily ^dsuch as should be saved.

III.Now Peter and ^aJohn ^bwent up together ^cinto the temple at ^dthe hour of prayer, being ^ethe ninth hour. ²And a certain man ^flame from his mother’s womb was carried, ^gwhom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, ^hto ask alms of them that entered into the temple; ³who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked an alms. ⁴And Peter, ⁱfastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. ⁵And he ^jgave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. ⁶Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: ^kIn the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. ⁷And he took him by the right hand, and lift him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength, ⁸and he ^lleaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and ^lleaping, and praising God. ⁹And ^mall the people saw him walking and praising God: ¹⁰and they ⁿknew that it was he which ^hsat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

¹¹And as the lame man which was healed ⁿⁿheld Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in ^othe porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering. ¹²And when Peter saw it, he ^panswered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why ^qlook ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or ^rholiness we had made this man to walk? ¹³The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, ^sthe God of our fathers, hath ^tglorified his Son Jesus; whom ye ^udelivered up, and ^wdenied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to ^xlet him go. ¹⁴But ye denied ^ythe Holy One and ^zthe Just, and ^adesired a murderer to be ^bgranted unto you; ¹⁵and killed the ^cPrince of ^dlife, whom ^eGod hath raised from the dead; whereof we are ^fwitnesses. ¹⁶And ^ghis name ^hthrough faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, ^hthe faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. ¹⁷And now, brethren, I wot that ⁱthrough ignorance ye did it, as did also your ^krulers. ¹⁸But those things, which God ^lbefore had shewed ^mby the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. ¹⁹ⁿRepent ye therefore, and ^obe converted, that your sins may be ^pblotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; ²⁰and he shall send Jesus Christ, which ^qbefore was preached unto you: ^21rwhom the heaven must receive until the times of ^srestitution of all things, which ^tGod hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets ^tusince the world began. ²²For Moses truly said unto the fathers, ^xA prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; ^yhim shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. ²³And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. ²⁴Yea, and all the ^zprophets from ^zSamuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise ^lforetold of these days. ²⁵Ye are ^athe children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, ^bAnd in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be ^eblessed. ²⁶Unto you ^cfirst God, ^dhaving raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to ^ebless you, in ^fturning away every one of you from his iniquities.

IV.And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the ^aSadducees, came upon them, ^2bbeing grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus ^cthe resurrection from the dead. ³And ^dthey laid hands on them, and put them in ^ehold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. ⁴Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was ^fabout five thousand. ⁵And it came to pass on the morrow, that their ^grulers, and elders, and scribes, ⁶and ^hAnnas the high priest, and ⁱCaiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. ⁷And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, ^kBy what power, or by what name, have ye done this? ⁸Then Peter, ^lfilled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye ^grulers of the…