Acts 2:28–41

²⁸You have revealed the paths of life to me;

you will fill me with gladness

in your presence.^Ct

²⁹“Brothers and sisters, I can confidently speak to you about the patriarch David: He is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.^{u 30}Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants^D on his throne.^{v 31}Seeing what was to come, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah: He^E was not abandoned in Hades, and his flesh did not experience decay.^Fw

³²“God has raised^x this Jesus; we are all witnesses of this. ³³Therefore, since he has been exalted to the right hand of God^y and has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit,^a he has poured out^b what you both see and hear. ³⁴For it was not David who ascended into the heavens, but he himself says:

The Lord declared to my Lord,

‘Sit at my right hand

³⁵until I make your enemies your footstool.’^Ac

³⁶“Therefore let all the house of Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”^d

CALL TO REPENTANCE

³⁷When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”^e

³⁸Peter replied, “Repent^f and be baptized,^g each of you, in the name^h of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off,ⁱ as many as the Lord our God will call.” ⁴⁰With many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt^B generation!”^j

A GENEROUS AND GROWING CHURCH

⁴¹So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added to them.