Acts 2–5

Chapter 2

¹And when the day of Pentecost was now accomplishing, they were all together in one place. ²And there came suddenly a sound out of heaven as of a violent impetuous blowing, and filled all the house where they were sitting. ³And there appeared to them parted tongues, as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them. ⁴And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave to them to speak forth.

⁵Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven. ⁶But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect. ⁷And all were amazed and wondered, saying, Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans? ⁸and how do we hear them each in our own dialect in which we have been born, ⁹Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judaea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰both Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya which adjoin Cyrene, and the Romans sojourning here, both Jews and proselytes, ¹¹Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our own tongues the great things of God? ¹²And they were all amazed and in perplexity, saying one to another, What would this mean? ¹³But others mocking said, They are full of new wine.

¹⁴But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke forth to them, Men of Judaea, and all ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give heed to my words: ¹⁵for these are not full of wine, as ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day; ¹⁶but this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel, ¹⁷And it shall be in the last days, saith God, that I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your elders shall dream with dreams; ¹⁸yea, even upon my bondmen and upon my bondwomen in those days will I pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. ¹⁹And I will give wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: ²⁰the sun shall be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and gloriously appearing day of the Lord come. ²¹And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. ²²Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazaraean, a man borne witness to by God to you by works of power and wonders and signs, which God wrought by him in your midst, as yourselves know ²³—him, given up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye, by the hand of lawless men, have crucified and slain. ²⁴Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held by its power; ²⁵for David says as to him, I foresaw the Lord continually before me, because he is at my right hand that I may not be moved. ²⁶Therefore has my heart rejoiced and my tongue exulted; yea more, my flesh also shall dwell in hope, ²⁷for thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor wilt thou give thy gracious one to see corruption. ²⁸Thou hast made known to me the paths of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance. ²⁹Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day. ³⁰Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, of the fruit of his loins to set upon his throne; ³¹he, seeing it before, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither has he been left in hades nor his flesh seen corruption. ³²This Jesus has God raised up, whereof all we are witnesses. ³³Having therefore been exalted by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which ye behold and hear. ³⁴For David has not ascended into the heavens, but he says himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand ³⁵until I have put thine enemies to be the footstool of thy feet. ³⁶Let the whole house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him, this Jesus whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

³⁷And having heard it they were pricked in heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brethren? ³⁸And Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptised, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹For to you is the promise and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God may call. ⁴⁰And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation. ⁴¹Those then who had accepted his word were baptised; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

⁴²And they persevered in the teaching and fellowship of the apostles, in breaking of bread and prayers. ⁴³And fear was upon every soul, and many wonders and signs took place through the apostles’ means. ⁴⁴And all that believed were together, and had all things common, ⁴⁵and sold their possessions and substance, and distributed them to all, according as any one might have need. ⁴⁶And every day, being constantly in the temple with one accord, and breaking bread in the house, they received their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, ⁴⁷praising God, and having favour with all the people; and the Lord added to the assembly daily those that were to be saved.

Chapter 3

¹And Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, which is the ninth hour; ²and a certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were going into the temple; ³who, seeing Peter and John about to enter into the temple, asked to receive alms. ⁴And Peter, looking stedfastly upon him with John, said, Look on us. ⁵And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them. ⁶But Peter said, Silver and gold I have not; but what I have, this give I to thee: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean rise up and walk. ⁷And having taken hold of him by the right hand he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones were made strong. ⁸And leaping up he stood and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. ⁹And all the people saw him walking and praising God; ¹⁰and they recognised him, that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. ¹¹And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico which is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.

¹²And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, Men of Israel, why are ye astonished at this? or why do ye gaze on us as if we had by our own power or piety made him to walk? ¹³The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he had judged that he should be let go. ¹⁴But ye denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man that was a murderer should be granted to you; ¹⁵but the originator of life ye slew, whom God raised from among the dead, whereof we are witnesses. ¹⁶And, by faith in his name, his name has made this man strong whom ye behold and know; and the faith which is by him has given him this complete soundness in the presence of you all. ¹⁷And now, brethren, I know that ye did it in ignorance, as also your rulers; ¹⁸but God has thus fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer. ¹⁹Repent therefore and be converted, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, ²⁰and he may send Jesus Christ, who was foreordained for you, ²¹whom heaven indeed must receive till the times of the restoring of all things, of which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since time began. ²²Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you. ²³And it shall be that whatsoever soul shall not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people. ²⁴And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession after him, as many as have spoken, have announced also these days. ²⁵Ye are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God appointed to our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. ²⁶To you first God, having raised up his servant, has sent him, blessing you in turning each one of you from your wickedness.

Chapter 4

¹And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, ²being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among the dead; ³and they laid hands on them, and put them in ward till the morrow; for it was already evening. ⁴But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become about five thousand.

⁵And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem, ⁶and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the high priestly family; ⁷and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have ye done this? ⁸Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel, ⁹if we this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed done to the infirm man, how he has been healed, ¹⁰be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the…