39 For the [a]promise is made unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

40 [b]And with many other words he besought and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this [froward] generation.

41 [c]Then they that gladly received his word, were baptized, and the same day there were added to the Church about three thousand souls.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:39 The word that is used here, giveth us to understand that it was a free gift.
  2. Acts 2:40 He is truly joined to the Church which separateth himself from the wicked.
  3. Acts 2:41 A notable example of the virtue of the holy Ghost: but such as are of age, are not baptized before they make confession of their faith.

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