Acts 2:14–47

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.

¹⁸And on My menservants and on My maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days;

ⁿAnd they shall prophesy.

^19oI will show wonders in heaven above

And signs in the earth beneath:

Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

^20pThe sun shall be turned into darkness,

And the moon into blood,

Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.

²¹And it shall come to pass

That ^qwhoever calls on the name of the Lord

Shall be saved.’

²²“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you ^rby miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know—²³Him, ^sbeing delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, ^tyou ⁶have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; ^24uwhom God raised up, having ⁷loosed the ⁸pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. ²⁵For David says concerning Him:

^v‘I foresaw the Lord always before my face,

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

²⁶Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad;

Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope.

²⁷For You will not leave my soul in Hades,

Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see ^wcorruption.

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

You will make me full of joy in Your presence.’

²⁹“Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you ^xof the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. ³⁰Therefore, being a prophet, ^yand knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, ⁹according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, ³¹he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, ^zthat His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. ^32aThis Jesus God has raised up, ^bof which we are all witnesses. ³³Therefore ^cbeing exalted ¹to ^dthe right hand of God, and ^ehaving received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He ^fpoured out this which you now see and hear.

³⁴“For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself:

^g‘The Lord said to my Lord,

“Sit at My right hand,

³⁵Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” ’

³⁶“Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”

³⁷Now when they heard this, ^hthey were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”

³⁸Then Peter said to them, ⁱ“Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the ²remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹For the promise is to you and ^jto your children, and ^kto all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

A Vital Church Grows

⁴⁰And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this ³perverse generation.” ⁴¹Then those who ⁴gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. ^42lAnd they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ ⁵doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. ⁴³Then fear came upon every soul, and ^mmany wonders and signs were done through the apostles. ⁴⁴Now all who believed were together, and ⁿhad all things in common, ⁴⁵and ⁶sold their possessions and goods, and ^odivided ⁷them among all, as anyone had need.

^46pSo continuing daily with one accord ^qin the temple, and ^rbreaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, ⁴⁷praising God and having favor with all the people. And ^sthe Lord added ⁸to the church daily those who were being saved.