Acts 2:14-39
Peter’s Sermon at Pentecost
14But Peter, 1taking his stand with athe eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words. 15“For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, afor it is the 1third hour of the day; 16but this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
17‘aAnd it shall be in the last days,’ God says,‘That I will pour out 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 male slaves and female slaves,I will in those days pour out My SpiritAnd they shall prophesy.19‘And I will put wonders in the sky aboveAnd signs on the earth below,Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.20‘The sun will be turned into darknessAnd the moon into blood,Before the great and awesome day of the 1Lord comes.21‘And it will be that aeveryone who calls on the name of the 1Lord 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 did 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 lawless 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 1Lord continually before me;Because 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 forsake my soul to aHades,bNor give Your 1Holy One over to see corruption.28‘You have made known to me the ways of life;You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.’29“Men, brothers, I may confidently say to you regarding the apatriarch David that he both bdied and cwas buried, and dhis tomb is 1with us to this day. 30“And so, because he was aa prophet and knew that bGod had sworn to him with an oath to set one of the fruit 1of his body on his throne, 31he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the 1Christ, that aHe was neither forsaken to Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. 32“This Jesus aGod raised up again, to which we are all bwitnesses. 33“Therefore having been exalted 1,ato the right hand of God, and bhaving received from the Father cthe promise of the Holy Spirit, He has dpoured out this which you both see and hear. 34“For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says: ‘aThe 1Lord said to my Lord,“Sit at My right hand,
35Until I put Your enemies as 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.”
About Three Thousand Souls Saved
37Now when they heard this, they were 1pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men, brothers, awhat should we do?” 38And Peter said to them, “aRepent, and each of you be bbaptized in the name of Jesus Christ 1for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39“For athe promise is for you and your children and for all who are bfar off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.”