Acts 2 — TNTC

2Verse 1When the day of Pentecost had come,⁺they were all together with one purpose.^{+Verse 2}And suddenly a roar came out of the sky, like the rushing of a violent wind,⁺and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.^{+Verse 3}Fiery tongues appeared and were distributed to them, and it [a tongue] landed⁺on each one of them.^{Verse 4}And they were all filled with Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages,⁺as the Spirit was granting to them to speak out.⁺

People from all over

^{Verse 5}Now there were devout men, Jews, from every nation under heaven, dwelling in Jerusalem.^{+Verse 6}So when that roar occurred, the crowd came together, and was bewildered, because each one was hearing them speaking to him in his own dialect.^{+Verse 7}So they were amazed and marveled, saying to one another:⁺“Hey, aren't all these who are speaking Galileans?^{Verse 8}So how can each of us be hearing our own dialect in which we were born?^{Verse 9}Parthians and Medes and Elamites; those dwelling in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,^{Verse 10}in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene; and visitors from Rome—both Jews and proselytes—^{Verse 11}Cretans and Arabians; we hear them declaring the great works of God in our own languages.”^{Verse 12}Yes they were all amazed and perplexed, saying one to another, “Whatever is going on?”^{Verse 13}But different ones were jeering, saying, “They are full of sweet wine!”⁺

Peter's proclamation

^{Verse 14}So Peter, standing with the eleven,⁺raised his voice and proclaimed to them: “Men—Jews and all who are dwelling in Jerusalem—let this be known to you; indeed, listen to my speech!^{Verse 15}Because these are not drunk, as you suppose (since it is only the third hour of the day),^{Verse 16}but this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:^{Verse 17}‘It will be in the last days, says God:I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh;your sons and your daughters will prophesy;your young men will see visions;
your old men will dream a dream.^{+Verse 18}In those days I will indeed pour out from my Spirit upon my male slaves and upon my female slaves,and they will prophesy.^{+Verse 19}I will show wonders in the heaven aboveand signs on the earth below:
blood and fire and smoke vapor.^{Verse 20}The sun will be turned into darknessand the moon into ‘blood’
before the great and glorious day of the Lord will come.^{Verse 21}And it will be: whoever calls on the name of the Lord⁺will be saved!’^{Verse 22}“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Natsorean,⁺a man from God attested to you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by Him in your midst, as you yourselves well know,^{+Verse 23}Him—being delivered up by the established purpose and foreknowledge of God—you murdered, having taken Him with lawless hands and crucified Him;^{+Verse 24}whom God raised up, ending the labor pains of death,⁺because it was not possible that He should be held by it.^{Verse 25}For David says concerning Him:‘I always saw the Lord before my face,because He is at my right side so that I not be shaken.^{+Verse 26}Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced.Furthermore, even my flesh will repose upon hope,^{+Verse 27}because You will not abandon my soul in Hades,⁺nor will You allow Your Holy One to see decay.^{Verse 28}You have made known to me roads of life;⁺with Your presence You make me full of gladness.’^{+Verse 29}“Men, brothers, be it permitted to speak to you plainly about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.^{+Verse 30}So then, he being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath that of the fruit, according to flesh,⁺of his loins⁺He would raise up the Messiah⁺to sit on his throne,^{Verse 31}he foreseeing this⁺spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah, that His soul⁺was not abandoned in Hades, nor did His flesh see decay.^{+Verse 32}“This Jesus God raised, to which we all are witnesses.^{Verse 33}Therefore, having been exalted to God's right hand, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this that you now see and hear.^{Verse 34}Further, David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says:‘The Lord said to my Lord:⁺Sit at my right hand
^{Verse 35}until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.’^{Verse 36}Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made Him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified!”⁺

The reaction

^{Verse 37}Now upon hearing this they were cut to the heart and said to Peter, and the rest of the Apostles, “Men, brothers, what shall we do?!”^{Verse 38}So Peter said to them: “Repent and be baptized, each one of you, upon the name of Jesus Christ,⁺for forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.^{Verse 39}For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far away⁺—as many, that is, as the Lord our God may call.”^{Verse 40}With many different words he both testified and kept exhorting, saying, “Escape from this perverse generation!”^{+Verse 41}Then those who gladly⁺received his word were baptized, and that day about three thousand souls were added.^{Verse 42}And they continued steadfastly in the Apostles' teaching and in the fellowship, both in the breaking of the bread and in the prayers.^{+Verse 43}Fear came upon every soul—many wonders and signs were taking place through the Apostles.⁺

All things in common

^{Verse 44}Now all who believed were together and had all things in common;^{Verse 45}they started selling both possessions and goods and were distributing to all according as anyone had need.^{+Verse 46}So day by day they continued steadfastly with one purpose in the temple⁺and broke bread from house to house;⁺they received their share of food with gladness and singleness of heart,^{+Verse 47}praising God and having favor with all the people. And day by day the Lord added⁺to the Church⁺those who were being saved.