The Day of Pentecost

2 When ^(A)the day of Pentecost ^[a]had come, they were all together in one place. ² And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled ^(B)the whole house where they were sitting. ³ And there appeared to them tongues as of fire ^[b]distributing themselves, and ^[c]they ^[d]rested on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all ^(C)filled with the Holy Spirit and began to ^(D)speak with other ^[e]tongues, as the Spirit was giving them ^[f]utterance.

⁵ Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, ^(E)devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And when ^(F)this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own ^[g]language. ^7 (G)They were amazed and astonished, saying, “^[h]Why, are not all these who are speaking ^(H)Galileans? ⁸ And how is it that we each hear them in our own ^[i]language ^[j]to which we were born? ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and ^(I)Cappadocia, ^(J)Pontus and ^[k](K)Asia, ^10 (L)Phrygia and ^(M)Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around ^(N)Cyrene, and ^[l](O)visitors from Rome, both Jews and ^[m](P)proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.” ¹² And ^(Q)they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” ¹³ But others were mocking and saying, “^(R)They are full of ^[n]sweet wine.”

³⁶ Therefore let all the ^(A)house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both ^(B)Lord and ^[a]Christ—this Jesus ^(C)whom you crucified.”

The Ingathering

³⁷ Now when they heard this, they were ^[b]pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “^[c]Brethren, ^[d](D)what shall we do?” ³⁸ Peter said to them, “^(E)Repent, and each of you be ^(F)baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For ^(G)the promise is for you and your children and for all who are ^(H)far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” ⁴⁰ And with many other words he solemnly ^(I)testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “^[e]Be saved from this ^(J)perverse generation!” ⁴¹ So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand ^[f](K)souls. ⁴² They were ^(L)continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to ^(M)the breaking of bread and ^[g](N)to prayer.

^43 [h]Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many ^(O)wonders and ^[i]signs were taking place through the apostles. ⁴⁴ And all those who had believed ^[j]were together and ^(P)had all things in common; ⁴⁵ and they ^(Q)began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need. ^46 (R)Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and ^(S)breaking bread ^[k]from house to house, they were taking their ^[l]meals together with gladness and ^[m]sincerity of heart, ⁴⁷ praising God and ^(T)having favor with all the people. And the Lord ^(U)was adding ^[n]to their number day by day ^(V)those who were being saved.