Acts 2–5

Chapter 2

And when the days of the Pentecost were accomplished, they were all together in one place:

²And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind coming: and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

³And there appeared to them parted tongues, as it were of fire: and it sat upon every one of them.

⁴And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost: and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak.

⁵Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

⁶And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue.

⁷And they were all amazed, and wondered, saying: Behold, are not all these that speak Galilean?

⁸And how have we heard, every man our own tongue wherein we were born?

⁹Parthians and Medes and Elamites and inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

¹⁰Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome,

¹¹Jews also, and proselytes, Cretes, and Arabians: we have heard them speak in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.

¹²And they were all astonished, and wondered, saying one to another: What meaneth this?

¹³But others mocking, said: These men are full of new wine.

¹⁴But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them: Ye men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you and with your ears receive my words.

¹⁵For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day:

¹⁶But this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel:

¹⁷And it shall come to pass, in the last days, (saith the Lord), 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 old men shall dream dreams.

¹⁸And upon my servants indeed and upon my handmaids will I pour out in those days of my spirit: and they shall prophesy.

¹⁹And I will shew wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth beneath: blood and fire, and vapour of smoke.

²⁰The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord to come.

²¹And it shalt come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

²²Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him, in the midst of you, as you also know:

²³This same being delivered up, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you by the hands of wicked men have crucified and slain.

²⁴Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the sorrows of hell, as it was impossible that he should be holden by it.

²⁵For David saith concerning him: I foresaw the Lord before my face: because he is at my right hand, that I may not be moved.

²⁶For this my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.

²⁷Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell: nor suffer thy 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.

²⁹Ye men, brethren, let me freely speak to you of the patriarch David: that he died and was buried; and his sepulchre is with us to this present day.

³⁰Whereas therefore he was a prophet and knew that God hath sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit upon his throne.

³¹Foreseeing this, he spoke of the resurrection of Christ. For neither was he left in hell: neither did his flesh see corruption.

³²This Jesus hath God raised again, whereof all we are witnesses.

³³Being exalted therefore by the right hand of God and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath poured forth this which you see and hear.

³⁴For David ascended not into heaven; but he himself said: The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou on my right hand,

³⁵Until I make thy enemies thy footstool.

³⁶Therefore let all the house of Israel know most certainly that God hath made both Lord and Christ, this same Jesus, whom you have crucified.

³⁷Now when they had heard these things, they had compunction in their heart and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles: What shall we do, men and brethren?

³⁸But Peter said to them: Do penance: and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins. And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

³⁹For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.

⁴⁰And with very many other words did he testify and exhort them, saying: Save yourselves from this perverse generation.

⁴¹They therefore that received his word were baptized: and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

⁴²And they were persevering in the doctrine of the apostles and in the communication of the breaking of bread and in prayers.

⁴³And fear came upon every soul. Many wonders also and signs were done by the apostles in Jerusalem: and there was great fervor in all.

⁴⁴And all they that believed were together and had all things common.

⁴⁵Their possessions and goods they sold and divided them to all, according as every one had need.

⁴⁶And continuing daily with one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house, they took their meat with gladness and simplicity of heart:

⁴⁷Praising God and having favour with all the people. And the Lord increased daily together such as should be saved.

Chapter 3

Now Peter and John went up into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer.

²And a certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was carried: whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of them that went into the temple.

³He, when he had seen Peter and John, about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms.

⁴But Peter with John, fastening his eyes upon him, said: Look upon us.

⁵But he looked earnestly upon them, hoping that he should receive something of them.

⁶But Peter said: Silver and gold I have none; but what I have, I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise and walk.

⁷And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up: and forthwith his feet and soles received strength.

⁸And he leaping up, stood and walked and went in with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.

⁹And all the people saw him walking and praising God.

¹⁰And they knew him, that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.

¹¹And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran to them, to the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.

¹²But Peter seeing, made answer to the people: Ye men of Israel, why wonder you at this? Or why look you upon us, as if by our strength or power we had made this man to walk?

¹³The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus, whom you indeed delivered up and denied before the face of Pilate, when he judged he should be released.

¹⁴But you denied the Holy One and the Just: and desired a murderer to be granted unto you.

¹⁵But the author of life you killed, whom God hath raised from the dead: of which we are witnesses.

¹⁶And in the faith of his name, this man, whom you have seen and known, hath his name strengthened. And the faith which is by him hath given this perfect soundness in the sight of you all.

¹⁷And now, brethren, I know that you did it through ignorance: as did also your rulers.

¹⁸But those things which God before had shewed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

¹⁹Be penitent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.

²⁰That when the times of refreshment shall come from the presence of the Lord, and he shall send him who hath been preached unto you, Jesus Christ.

²¹Whom heaven indeed must receive, until the times of the restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the beginning of the world.

²²For Moses said: A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me: him you shall hear according to all things whatsoever he shall speak to you.

²³And it shall be, that every soul which will not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.

²⁴And all the prophets, from Samuel and afterwards, who have spoken, have told of these days.

²⁵You are the children of the prophets and of the testament which God made to our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

²⁶To you first, God, raising up his Son, hath sent him to bless you: that every one may convert himself from his wickedness.

Chapter 4

And as they were speaking to the people the priests and the officer of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

²Being grieved that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead:

³And they laid hands upon them and put them in hold till the next day: for it was now evening.

⁴But many of them who had heard the word believed: and the number of the men was made five thousand.

⁵And it came to pass on the morrow, that their princes and ancients and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

⁶And Annas the high priest and Caiphas and John and Alexander: and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest.

⁷And setting them in the midst, they asked: By what power or by what name, have you done this?

⁸Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them: Ye princes of the people and ancients, hear.

⁹If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he hath been made whole:

¹⁰Be it known to you all and to all…