Acts 2:1–17

Coming of the Holy Spirit

2When ^athe Day of Pentecost had fully come, ^bthey were all ¹with one accord in one place. ²And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and ^cit filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³Then there appeared to them ²divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. ⁴And ^dthey were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began ^eto speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

The Crowd’s Response

⁵And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, ^fdevout men, from every nation under heaven. ⁶And when this sound occurred, the ^gmultitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. ⁷Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak ^hGalileans? ⁸And how is it that we hear, each in our own ³language in which we were born? ⁹Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and ⁱCappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, ¹¹Cretans and ⁴Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.” ¹²So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?”

¹³Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.”

Peter’s Sermon

¹⁴But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words. ¹⁵For these are not drunk, as you suppose, ^jsince it is only ⁵the third hour of the day. ¹⁶But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

¹⁷‘And ^kit shall come to pass in the last days, says God,

^lThat I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;

Your sons and ^myour daughters shall prophesy,

Your young men shall see visions,

Your old men shall dream dreams.