Acts 2:1-21
Read Acts 2 in full →The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
2And when athe day of Pentecost 1had fully come, they were all together in one place. 2And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing awind, and it filled bthe whole house where they were sitting. 3And there appeared to them tongues like fire 1,adistributing themselves, and 2they 3rested on each one of them. 4And they were all afilled with the Holy Spirit and began to bspeak with other 1tongues, as the Spirit was giving them 2utterance.
5Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, adevout men from every nation under heaven. 6And when athis sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own 1language. 7aSo they were astounded and marveling, saying, “Behold, are not all these who are speaking bGalileans? 8“And how is it that we each hear them in our own 1language in which we were born? 9“Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and aCappadocia, bPontus and 1,cAsia, 10aPhrygia and bPamphylia, Egypt and the district of Libya around cCyrene, and 1,dvisitors from Rome, both Jews and 2,eproselytes, 11Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.” 12And athey all continued in astonishment and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13But others, mocking, were saying, “aThey are full of new wine.”
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.’