Acts 2:1–29

The Believers Are Filled with the Holy Spirit

¹When Pentecost, the fiftieth day after Passover, came, all the believers were together in one place. ²Suddenly, a sound like a violently blowing wind came from the sky and filled the whole house where they were staying. ³Tongues that looked like fire appeared to them. The tongues arranged themselves so that one came to rest on each believer. ⁴All the believers were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak. 

⁵Devout Jewish men from every nation were living in Jerusalem. ⁶They gathered when they heard the wind. Each person was startled to recognize his own dialect when the disciples spoke. 

⁷Stunned and amazed, the people in the crowd said, “All of these men who are speaking are Galileans. ⁸Why do we hear them speaking in our native dialects? ⁹We’re Parthians, Medes, and Elamites. We’re people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia, ¹⁰Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the country near Cyrene in Libya. We’re Jewish people, converts to Judaism, and visitors from Rome, ¹¹Crete, and Arabia. We hear these men in our own languages as they tell about the miracles that God has done.” 

¹²All of these devout men were stunned and puzzled. They asked each other, “What can this mean?” ¹³Others said jokingly, “They’re drunk on sweet wine.” 

Peter Talks to the Crowd

¹⁴Then Peter stood up with the eleven apostles. In a loud voice he said to them, “Men of Judea and everyone living in Jerusalem! You must understand this, so pay attention to what I say. ¹⁵These men are not drunk as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning. ¹⁶Rather, this is what the prophet Joel spoke about: 

¹⁷‘In the last days, God says, 

I will pour my Spirit on everyone. 

Your sons and daughters will speak what God has revealed. 

Your young men will see visions. 

Your old men will dream dreams. 

¹⁸In those days 

I will pour my Spirit on my servants, on both men and women. 

They will speak what God has revealed. 

¹⁹I will work miracles in the sky and give signs on the earth: 

blood, fire, and clouds of smoke. 

²⁰The sun will become dark, 

and the moon will become as red as blood 

before the terrifying day of the Lord comes. 

²¹Then whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ 

²²“Men of Israel, listen to what I say: Jesus from Nazareth was a man whom God brought to your attention. You know that through this man God worked miracles, did amazing things, and gave signs. ²³By using men who don’t acknowledge Moses’ Teachings, you crucified Jesus, who was given over ⸤to death⸥ by a plan that God had determined in advance. ²⁴But God brought him from death back to life and destroyed the pains of death, because death had no power to hold him. ²⁵This is what David meant when he said about Jesus: 

‘I always see the Lord in front of me. 

I cannot be moved because he is by my side. 

²⁶That is why my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices. 

My body also rests securely 

²⁷because you do not abandon my soul to the grave 

or allow your holy one to decay. 

²⁸You make the path of life known to me. 

In your presence there is complete joy.’ 

²⁹“Brothers, I can tell you confidently that our ancestor David died and was buried and that his tomb is here to this day.