‘For You will not forsake me and abandon my soul to Hades (the realm of the dead), Nor let Your Holy One undergo decay [after death].

‘You have made known to me the ways of life; You will fill me [infusing my soul] with joy with Your presence.’

So then, those who accepted his message were baptized; and on that day about 3,000 souls were added [to the body of believers].

Sharing among Believers

Now the company of believers was of one heart and soul, and not one [of them] claimed that anything belonging to him was [exclusively] his own, but everything was common property and for the use of all.

And the disciples were continually filled [throughout their hearts and souls] with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

“For the heart (the understanding, the soul) of this people has become dull (calloused), And with their ears they scarcely hear, And they have shut their eyes [to the truth]; Otherwise they might see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart and return [to Me], And I would heal them.”’