Acts 2:1-21

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The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost

2 When the day of Pentecost^(A) came, they were all together^(B) in one place. ²Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.^(C) ³They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. ⁴All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit^(D) and began to speak in other tongues^[a]^(E) as the Spirit enabled them.

⁵Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing^(F) Jews from every nation under heaven. ⁶When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. ⁷Utterly amazed,^(G) they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?^(H) ⁸Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? ⁹Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,^(I) Pontus^(J) and Asia,^[b]^(K) ¹⁰Phrygia^(L) and Pamphylia,^(M) Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene;^(N) visitors from Rome ¹¹(both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” ¹²Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

¹³Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”^(O)

Peter Addresses the Crowd

¹⁴Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. ¹⁵These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning!^(P) ¹⁶No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

¹⁷“‘In the last days, God says,
    I will pour out my Spirit on all people.^(Q)
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,^(R)
    your young men will see visions,
    your old men will dream dreams.
¹⁸Even on my servants, both men and women,
    I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
    and they will prophesy.^(S)
¹⁹I will show wonders in the heavens above
    and signs on the earth below,^(T)
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.
²⁰The sun will be turned to darkness
    and the moon to blood^(U)
    before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
²¹And everyone who calls
    on the name of the Lord^(V) will be saved.’^[c]^(W)

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Footnotes

Acts 2:4 Or languages; also in verse 11
Acts 2:9 That is, the Roman province by that name
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32

Psalm 74:9-17

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⁹We are given no signs from God;^(A)
    no prophets^(B) are left,
    and none of us knows how long this will be.
¹⁰How long^(C) will the enemy mock^(D) you, God?
    Will the foe revile^(E) your name forever?
¹¹Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?^(F)
    Take it from the folds of your garment^(G) and destroy them!

¹²But God is my King^(H) from long ago;
he brings salvation^(I) on the earth.

¹³It was you who split open the sea^(J) by your power;
    you broke the heads of the monster^(K) in the waters.
¹⁴It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan^(L)
    and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.^(M)
¹⁵It was you who opened up springs^(N) and streams;
    you dried up^(O) the ever-flowing rivers.
¹⁶The day is yours, and yours also the night;
    you established the sun and moon.^(P)
¹⁷It was you who set all the boundaries^(Q) of the earth;
    you made both summer and winter.^(R)