Acts 1:15-2:13

New American Standard Bible

¹⁵^[a]At this time Peter stood up among ^(A)the brothers and sisters (a group of about 120 ^[b]people was there together), and said, ¹⁶“^[c]Brothers, ^(B)the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, ^(C)who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. ¹⁷For he was ^(D)counted among us and received his share in ^(E)this ministry.” ¹⁸(Now this man ^(F)acquired a field with ^(G)the price of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out. ¹⁹And it became known to all the residents of Jerusalem; as a result that field was called Hakeldama in ^(H)their own language, that is, Field of Blood.) ²⁰“For it is written in the book of Psalms:

‘^(I)May his residence be made desolate,
And may there be none living in it’;

and,

‘^(J)May another take his ^[d]office.’

²¹Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that ^(K)the Lord Jesus went in and out ^[e]among us— ²²^(L)beginning ^[f]with the baptism of John until the day that He ^(M)was taken up from us—one of these must become a ^(N)witness with us of His resurrection.” ²³So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and ^(O)Matthias. ²⁴And they ^(P)prayed and said, “You, Lord, who ^(Q)know the hearts of all people, show which one of these two You have chosen ²⁵to ^[g]occupy ^(R)this ministry and ^(S)apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” ²⁶And they ^[h]^(T)drew lots for them, and the lot fell ^[i]to ^(U)Matthias; and he was added to ^(V)the eleven apostles.

The Day of Pentecost

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

⁵Now there were Jews residing in Jerusalem, ^(AA)devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶And when ^(AB)this sound occurred, the crowd came together and they were bewildered, because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own ^[n]language. ⁷^(AC)They were amazed and astonished, saying, “^[o]Why, are not all these who are speaking ^(AD)Galileans? ⁸And how is it that we each hear them in our own ^[p]language ^[q]to which we were born? ⁹Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, and ^(AE)Cappadocia, ^(AF)Pontus and ^[r]^(AG)Asia, ¹⁰^(AH)Phrygia and ^(AI)Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya around ^(AJ)Cyrene, and ^[s]^(AK)visitors from Rome, both Jews and ^[t]^(AL)proselytes, ¹¹Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own ^[u]tongues of the mighty deeds of God.” ¹²And ^(AM)they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” ¹³But others were jeering and saying, “^(AN)They are full of ^[v]sweet wine!”