Acts 2:1-21

New American Standard Bible

The Day of Pentecost

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

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

Peter’s Sermon

¹⁴But Peter, taking his stand with ^(S)the other eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, ^[n]know this, and pay attention to my words. ¹⁵For these people are not drunk, as you assume, ^(T)since it is only the ^[o]third hour of the day; ¹⁶but this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:

¹⁷‘^(U)And it shall be in the last days,’ God says,
‘That I will pour out My Spirit on all ^[p]mankind;
And your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
And your young men will see visions,
And your old men will ^[q]have dreams;
¹⁸And even on My male and female ^[r]servants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days,
And they will prophesy.
¹⁹And I will ^[s]display wonders in the sky above
And signs on the earth below,
Blood, fire, and ^[t]vapor of smoke.
²⁰The sun will be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood,
Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
²¹And it shall be that ^(V)everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

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Footnotes

Acts 2:1 Lit was being fulfilled
Acts 2:3 Or being distributed, and
Acts 2:3 Or sat
Acts 2:4 Or languages
Acts 2:6 Or dialect
Acts 2:7 Lit Behold
Acts 2:8 Or dialect
Acts 2:8 Lit in
Acts 2:9 I.e., west coast province of Asia Minor
Acts 2:10 Lit the sojourning Romans
Acts 2:10 I.e., Gentile converts to Judaism
Acts 2:11 Or languages
Acts 2:13 I.e., new wine
Acts 2:14 Lit let this be known to you
Acts 2:15 I.e., 9 a.m.
Acts 2:17 Lit flesh
Acts 2:17 Lit dream with dreams
Acts 2:18 Or slaves
Acts 2:19 Lit give
Acts 2:19 I.e., like a volcanic eruption

John 13:21-38

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Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹When Jesus had said these things, He ^(A)became troubled in spirit, and ^[a]testified and said, “Truly, truly I say to you that ^(B)one of you will ^[b]betray Me.” ²²The disciples began looking at one another, ^(C)at a loss to know of which one He was speaking. ²³Lying back on ^(D)Jesus’ chest was one of His disciples, ^(E)whom Jesus loved. ²⁴So Simon Peter *nodded to this disciple and *said to him, “Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking.” ²⁵He then simply ^(F)leaned back on Jesus’ chest and *said to Him, “Lord, who is it?” ²⁶Jesus then *answered, “That man is the one for whom I shall dip the piece of bread and give it to him.” So when He had dipped the piece of bread, He *took and *gave it to Judas, ^(G)the son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷After ^[c]this, ^(H)Satan then ^(I)entered him. Therefore Jesus *said to him, “What you are doing, do it quickly.” ²⁸Now none of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him. ²⁹For some were assuming, since Judas ^(J)kept the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, “Buy the things we need ^(K)for the feast”; or else, that he was to ^[d]^(L)give something to the poor. ³⁰So after receiving the piece of bread, he left immediately; and ^(M)it was night.

³¹Therefore when he had left, Jesus *said, “Now ^[e]is ^(N)the Son of Man ^(O)glorified, and ^(P)God ^[f]is glorified in Him; ³²^[g]if God is glorified in Him, ^(Q)God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately. ³³^(R)Little children, I am still with you ^(S)a little longer. ^(T)You will look for Me; and just as I said to the ^[h]Jews, now I also say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ ³⁴I am giving you a ^(U)new commandment, ^(V)that you love one another; ^(W)just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. ³⁵^(X)By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.”

³⁶Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered, “^(Y)Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now; but ^(Z)you will follow later.” ³⁷Peter *said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You right now? ^(AA)I will lay down my life for You.” ³⁸Jesus *replied, “Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly I say to you, ^(AB)a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times.