The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

¹⁶ But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:

^29 (A)And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when ^(B)I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord God.”

³⁹ For ^(A)the promise is for you and ^(B)for your children and for all ^(C)who are far off, everyone ^(D)whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

² And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like ^(A)a mighty rushing wind, and ^(B)it filled the entire house where they were sitting. ³ And divided tongues ^(C)as of fire appeared to them and rested^[a] on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all ^(D)filled with the Holy Spirit and began ^(E)to speak in other tongues ^(F)as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Him Whom They Have Pierced

¹⁰ “And ^(A)I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and ^(B)pleas for mercy, so that, ^(C)when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, ^(D)they shall mourn for him, ^(E)as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.

¹⁵ As I began to speak, ^(A)the Holy Spirit fell on them ^(B)just as on us at the beginning. ¹⁶ And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ^(C)‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ ¹⁷ If then ^(D)God gave ^(E)the same gift to them as he gave to us ^(F)when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, ^(G)who was I ^(H)that I could stand in God's way?” ¹⁸ When they heard these things they fell silent. And they ^(I)glorified God, saying, ^(J)“Then to the Gentiles also God has ^(K)granted ^(L)repentance that leads to life.”