Acts 2:17–38

¹⁷‘^aAnd it shall be in the last days,’ God says,

‘That I will pour forth of My Spirit on all ¹mankind;

And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

And your young men shall see visions,

And your old men shall dream dreams;

¹⁸Even on My bondslaves, both men and women,

I will in those days pour forth of My Spirit

And they shall prophesy.

¹⁹‘And I will grant wonders in the sky above

And signs on the earth below,

Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

²⁰‘The sun will be turned into darkness

And the moon into blood,

Before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come.

²¹‘And it shall be that ^aeveryone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

²²“Men of Israel, listen to these words: ^aJesus the Nazarene, ^ba man ¹attested to you by God with ²miracles and ^cwonders and ³signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—

²³this Man, delivered over by the ^apredetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, ^byou nailed to a cross by the hands of ¹godless men and put Him to death.

²⁴“¹But ^aGod raised Him up again, putting an end to the ²agony of death, since it ^bwas impossible for Him to be held ³in its power.

²⁵“For David says of Him,

‘^aI saw the Lord always in my presence;

For He is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken.

²⁶‘Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue exulted;

Moreover my flesh also will live in hope;

²⁷Because You will not abandon my soul to ^aHades,

^bNor ¹allow Your ²Holy One to ³undergo decay.

²⁸‘You have made known to me the ways of life;

You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.’

²⁹“¹Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the ^apatriarch David that he both ^bdied and ^cwas buried, and ^dhis tomb is ²with us to this day.

³⁰“And so, because he was ^aa prophet and knew that ^bGod had sworn to him with an oath to seat one ¹of his descendants on his throne,

³¹he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of ¹the Christ, that ^aHe was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh ²suffer decay.

³²“This Jesus ^aGod raised up again, to which we are all ^bwitnesses.

³³“Therefore having been exalted ^1ato the right hand of God, and ^bhaving received from the Father ^cthe promise of the Holy Spirit, He has ^dpoured forth this which you both see and hear.

³⁴“For it was not David who ascended into ¹heaven, but he himself says:

‘^aThe Lord said to my ²Lord,

“Sit at My right hand,

³⁵Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” ’

³⁶“Therefore let all the ^ahouse of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both ^bLord and ¹Christ—this Jesus ^cwhom you crucified.”

The Ingathering

³⁷Now when they heard this, they were ¹pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “²Brethren, ^3awhat shall we do?”

³⁸Peter said to them, “^aRepent, and each of you be ^bbaptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.