⁵ “John baptized you with water,”^[a] he reminded them, “but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit in just a few days.”

2 Seven weeks had gone by since Jesus’ death and resurrection, and the Day of Pentecost had now arrived.^[a] As the believers met together that day, ² suddenly there was a sound like the roaring of a mighty windstorm in the skies above them and it filled the house where they were meeting. ³ Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on their heads. ⁴ And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in languages they didn’t know,^[b] for the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.

¹⁷ ‘In the last days,’ God said, ‘I will pour out my Holy Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men dream dreams.

³⁸ And Peter replied, “Each one of you must turn from sin, return to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; then you also shall receive this gift, the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For Christ promised him to each one of you who has been called by the Lord our God, and to your children and even to those in distant lands!”

¹⁴ When the apostles back in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had accepted God’s message, they sent down Peter and John. ¹⁵ As soon as they arrived, they began praying for these new Christians to receive the Holy Spirit, ¹⁶ for as yet he had not come upon any of them. For they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁷ Then Peter and John laid their hands upon these believers, and they received the Holy Spirit.