Acts 2:14-36
Christian Standard Bible
Peter’s Sermon
14 Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed to them, “Fellow Jews and all you residents of Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and pay attention to my words. 15 For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it’s only nine in the morning.[a] 16 On the contrary, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
17 And it will be in the last days, says God,
that I will pour out my Spirit on all people;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.(A)
18 I will even pour out my Spirit
on my servants in those days, both men and women
and they will prophesy.(B)
19 I will display wonders in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below:
blood and fire and a cloud of smoke.
20 The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood(C)
before the great and glorious day of the Lord(D) comes.
21 Then everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved.[b](E)
22 “Fellow Israelites, listen to these words: This Jesus of Nazareth was a man attested to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through him, just as you yourselves know.(F) 23 Though he was delivered up according to God’s determined plan and foreknowledge, you used[c] lawless people to nail him to a cross and kill him.(G) 24 God raised him up, ending the pains of death,(H) because it was not possible for him to be held by death. 25 For David says of him:
I saw the Lord ever before me;
because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
26 Therefore my heart is glad
and my tongue rejoices.
Moreover, my flesh will rest in hope,
27 because you will not abandon me in Hades
or allow your holy one to see decay.(I)
28 You have revealed the paths of life to me;
you will fill me with gladness
in your presence.[d](J)
29 “Brothers and sisters, I can confidently speak to you about the patriarch David: He is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.(K) 30 Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants[e] on his throne.(L) 31 Seeing what was to come, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah: He[f] was not abandoned in Hades, and his flesh did not experience decay.[g](M)
32 “God has raised(N) this Jesus; we are all witnesses of this. 33 Therefore, since he has been exalted to the right hand of God(O) and has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit,(P) he has poured out(Q) what you both see and hear. 34 For it was not David who ascended into the heavens, but he himself says:
The Lord declared to my Lord,
‘Sit at my right hand
35 until I make your enemies your footstool.’[h](R)
36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”(S)
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Acts 2:14-36
Lexham English Bible
Peter’s Sermon on the Day of Pentecost
14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them, “Judean men, and all those who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and pay attention to my words! 15 For these men are not drunk, as you assume, because it is the third hour of the day. 16 But this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
17 ‘And it will be in the last days,’ God says,
‘I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
and your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.
18 And even on my male slaves and on my female slaves
I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
19 And I will cause wonders in the heaven[a] above
and signs on the earth below,
blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
20 The sun will be changed to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And it will be that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.’[b]
22 “Israelite men, listen to these words! Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, just as you yourselves know— 23 this man, delivered up by the determined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by[c] nailing to a cross[d] through the hand of lawless men. 24 God raised him[e] up, having brought to an end the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. 25 For David says with reference to him,
‘I saw the Lord before me continually,[f]
for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.
26 For this reason my heart was glad
and my tongue rejoiced greatly,
furthermore also my flesh will live in hope,
27 because you will not abandon my soul in Hades,
nor will you permit your Holy One to experience decay.
28 You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will fill me with gladness with your presence.’[g]
29 “Men and brothers, it is possible to speak with confidence to you about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us until this day. 30 Therefore, because he[h] was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants[i] on his throne, 31 by[j] having foreseen this,[k] he spoke about the resurrection of the Christ,[l] that neither was he abandoned in Hades nor did his flesh experience decay. 32 This Jesus God raised up, of which[m] we all are witnesses. 33 Therefore, having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out this that you see and hear.[n] 34 For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,
‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’[o]
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt, that God has made him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified!”
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- Acts 2:19 Or “sky”
- Acts 2:21 A quotation from Joel 2:28–32
- Acts 2:23 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“nailing to”) which is understood as means
- Acts 2:23 The words “a cross” are not in the Greek text but are implied by the nature of the verb
- Acts 2:24 Literally “whom”; it is necessary to specify “him” in the translation to avoid confusion with the “lawless men” in the previous verse
- Acts 2:25 Literally “through everything”
- Acts 2:28 A quotation from Ps 16:8–11
- Acts 2:30 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as causal
- Acts 2:30 Literally “from the fruit of his loins”
- Acts 2:31 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“having foreseen”) which is understood as means
- Acts 2:31 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 2:31 Or “Messiah”
- Acts 2:32 Or “of whom,” referring to Jesus
- Acts 2:33 Some manuscripts have “both see and hear”
- Acts 2:35 A quotation from Ps 110:1
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