Acts 2:1–29

Pentecost and the Coming of the Holy Spirit

2And when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in the same place. ²And suddenly a sound like a violent rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³And divided^a tongues like fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. ⁴And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages^b as the Spirit gave them ability to speak out.

⁵Now there were Jews residing in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶And when^* this sound occurred, the crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one was hearing them speaking in his own language. ⁷And they were astounded and astonished, saying, “Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? ⁸And how do we hear, each one of us, in our own native language?^{c 9}Parthians and Medes and Elamites and those residing in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,^{d 10}Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya toward Cyrene, and the Romans who were in town, ¹¹both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own languages the great deeds of God!” ¹²And all were amazed and greatly perplexed, saying to one another,^e “What can this mean?”^{f 13}But others jeered and^* said, “They are full of sweet new wine!”

Peter’s Sermon on the Day of Pentecost

¹⁴But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them, “Judean men, and all those who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and pay attention to my words! ¹⁵For these men are not drunk, as you assume, because it is the third hour of the day. ¹⁶But this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

¹⁷‘And it will be in the last days,’ God says,

‘I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh,

and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,

and your young men will see visions,

and your old men will dream dreams.

¹⁸And even on my male slaves and on my female slaves

I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

¹⁹And I will cause wonders in the heaven^g above

and signs on the earth below,

blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

²⁰The sun will be changed to darkness

and the moon to blood,

before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

²¹And it will be that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.’^h

²²“Israelite men, listen to these words! Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—²³this man, delivered up by the determined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by^* nailing to a cross^* through the hand of lawless men. ²⁴God raised himⁱ up, having brought to an end the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. ²⁵For David says with reference to him,

‘I saw the Lord before me continually,^j

for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.

²⁶For this reason my heart was glad

and my tongue rejoiced greatly,

furthermore also my flesh will live in hope,

²⁷because you will not abandon my soul in Hades,

nor will you permit your Holy One to experience decay.

²⁸You have made known to me the paths of life;

you will fill me with gladness with your presence.’^k

²⁹“Men and brothers, it is possible to speak with confidence to you about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us until this day.