CHAPTER 2
Suddenly
a sound
like
a mighty
rushing
wind
came
from
heaven
and
filled
the
whole
house
where
they were
sitting.
And
they were all
filled with
the Holy
Spirit
and
began
to speak
in other
tongues
as
the
Spirit
enabled
them.
And when
this
sound
rang out,
a crowd
came together
in bewilderment,
because
each
one
heard
them
speaking
his
own
language.
both
Jews
and
converts to Judaism;
Cretans
and
Arabs—
we hear
them
declaring
the
mighty works
of God
in our own
tongues!”
Then
Peter
stood up
with
the
eleven,
lifted up
his
voice,
and
addressed
the crowd:
“Men
of Judea
and
all
who
dwell
in Jerusalem,
let this be
known
to you,
and
listen carefully to
my
words.
‘In
the
last
days,
God
says,
I will pour out
My
Spirit
on
all
people;
your
sons
and
daughters
will prophesy,
your
young men
will see
visions,
your
old men
will dream
dreams.
Even
on
My
servants,
both men and
women,
I will pour out
My
Spirit
in
those
days,
and
they will prophesy.
I will show
wonders
in
the
heavens
above
and
signs
on
the
earth
below,
blood
and
fire
and
clouds
of smoke.
The
sun
will be turned
to
darkness,
and
the
moon
to
blood,
before
the
coming
of the great
and
glorious
day
of the Lord.
Men
of Israel,
listen to
this
message:
Jesus
of
Nazareth
was a man
certified
by
God
to
you
by miracles,
wonders,
and
signs,
which
God
did
among you
through
Him,
as
you yourselves
know.
He
was handed over
by
God’s
set
plan
and
foreknowledge,
and you, by
the hands
of the lawless,
put Him to death
by nailing Him to the cross.
But
God
raised Him from the dead,
releasing Him
from the
agony
of
death,
because
it was
impossible
for Him
to be held
in
its clutches.
David
says
about
Him:
‘I saw
the
Lord
always
before
me;
because
He is
at
my
right hand,
I will not be shaken.
Brothers,
I can
tell
you
with confidence
that
the
patriarch
David
died
and
was buried,
and
his
tomb
is
with
us
to
this
day.
But
he was
a prophet
and
knew
that
God
had promised
him
on oath
that He would place
one of
his descendants
on
his
throne.
Foreseeing this,
David spoke
about
the
resurrection
of the
Christ,
that
He was not abandoned
to
Hades,
nor
{did] His
body
see
decay.
Exalted,
then,
to the
right hand
of God,
He has received
from
the
Father
the
promised
Holy
Spirit
and has poured out
what
you
now
see
and
hear.
For
David
did not
ascend
into
heaven,
but
he himself
says:
‘The
Lord
said
to
my
Lord,
“Sit
at
My
right hand,
Therefore
let all
Israel
know
with certainty
that
God
has made
this
Jesus,
whom
you
crucified,
both
Lord
and
Christ!”
When
the people heard this,
they were cut
to the
heart
and
asked
Peter
and
the
other
apostles,
“Brothers,
what
shall we do?”
Peter
replied,
“Repent
and
be baptized,
every one
of you,
in
the
name
of Jesus
Christ
for the
forgiveness
of your
sins,
and
you will receive
the
gift
of the
Holy
Spirit.
This
promise
belongs
to you
and
to
your
children
and
to all
who are
far off,
to all whom
the Lord
our
God
will call to Himself.”
Those who
embraced
his
message
were baptized,
and
about
three thousand
were added
to the believers
that
day.
They
devoted themselves
to
the
apostles’
teaching
and
to the
fellowship,
to the
breaking
of bread
and
to
prayer.
With one accord
they continued to meet
daily
in
the
temple courts
and
to break
bread
from
house to house,
sharing
their meals
with
gladness
and
sincerity
of heart,
praising
God
and
enjoying
the favor
of
all
the
people.
And
the
Lord
added
to
their
number
daily
those who
were being saved.