The Day of Pentecost

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

Peter’s Sermon

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

³⁷ Now when they heard this, they were ^[a]pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “^[b]Brothers, ^(A)what are we to do?” ³⁸ Peter said to them, “^(B)Repent, and each of you be ^(C)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 ^(D)the promise is for you and your children and for all who are ^(E)far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” ⁴⁰ And with many other words he solemnly ^(F)testified and kept on urging them, saying, “^[c]Be saved from this ^(G)perverse generation!” ⁴¹ So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand ^[d](H)souls. ⁴² They were ^(I)continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to ^(J)the breaking of bread and ^(K)to ^[e]prayer.

^43 [f]Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many ^(L)wonders and ^[g]signs were taking place through the apostles. ⁴⁴ And all the believers ^[h]were together and ^(M)had all things in common; ⁴⁵ and they ^(N)would sell their property and possessions and share them with all, to the extent that anyone had need. ^46 (O)Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and ^(P)breaking bread ^[i]from house to house, they were taking their ^[j]meals together with gladness and ^[k]sincerity of heart, ⁴⁷ praising God and ^(Q)having favor with all the people. And the Lord ^(R)was adding to ^[l]their number day by day ^(S)those who were being saved.