The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost

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

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

Peter’s Sermon at Pentecost

¹⁴ But Peter, ^[l]taking his stand with ^(U)the 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, ^(V)for it is the ^[m]third hour of the day; ¹⁶ but this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

²² “Men of Israel, listen to these words: ^(Y)Jesus the Nazarene, ^(Z)a man ^[q]attested to you by God with ^[r]miracles and ^(AA)wonders and ^[s]signs which God did through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know— ²³ this Man, delivered over by the ^(AB)predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, ^(AC)you nailed to a cross by the hands of lawless men and put Him to death. ^24 [t]But ^(AD)God raised Him up again, putting an end to the ^[u]agony of death, since it ^(AE)was impossible for Him to be held ^[v]in its power. ²⁵ For David says of Him,

²⁹ “Men, brothers, I may confidently say to you regarding the ^(AI)patriarch David that he both ^(AJ)died and ^(AK)was buried, and ^(AL)his tomb is ^[y]with us to this day. ³⁰ And so, because he was ^(AM)a prophet and knew that ^(AN)God had sworn to him with an oath to set one of the fruit ^[z]of his body on his throne, ³¹ he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the ^[aa]Christ, that ^(AO)He was neither forsaken to Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. ³² This Jesus ^(AP)God raised up again, to which we are all ^(AQ)witnesses. ³³ Therefore having been exalted ^[ab](AR)to the right hand of God, and ^(AS)having received from the Father ^(AT)the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has ^(AU)poured out this which you both see and hear. ³⁴ For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says:

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

About Three Thousand Souls Saved

³⁷ Now when they heard this, they were ^[ae]pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men, brothers, ^(AZ)what should we do?” ³⁸ And Peter said to them, “^(BA)Repent, and each of you be ^(BB)baptized in the name of Jesus Christ ^[af]for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For ^(BC)the promise is for you and your children and for all who are ^(BD)far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” ⁴⁰ And with many other words he solemnly ^(BE)bore witness and kept on exhorting them, saying, “^[ag]Be saved from this ^(BF)crooked generation!” ⁴¹ So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand ^(BG)souls. ⁴² And they were ^(BH)continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to ^(BI)the breaking of bread and ^(BJ)to the prayers.

⁴³ And fear came upon every soul; and many ^(BK)wonders and ^[ah]signs were taking place through the apostles. ⁴⁴ And all those who had believed ^[ai]were together and ^(BL)had all things in common; ⁴⁵ and they ^(BM)began selling their property and possessions and were ^(BN)dividing them up with all, as anyone might have need. ^46 (BO)And daily devoting themselves with one accord in the temple and ^(BP)breaking bread ^[aj]from house to house, they were taking their ^[ak]meals together with gladness and ^[al]sincerity of heart, ⁴⁷ praising God and ^(BQ)having favor with all the people. And the Lord ^(BR)was adding ^[am]to their number daily ^(BS)those who were being saved.