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1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly a sound came from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared to them split tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6 Now when this was uttered abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because every man heard them speak in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, in which we were born?
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our languages the wonderful works of God.
12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying to one another, What means this?
13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said to them, you men of Judaea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and listen to my utterances:
15 For these are not drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the Earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
21 And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
22 you men of Israel, hear these utterances; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by Him in the midst of you, as you yourselves also know:
23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
24 Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be held of it.
25 For David speaks concerning Him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26 Therefore my innermost mind rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; and even my flesh shall rest in divinely inspired expectation.
27 Because you will not leave my soul in hell, neither will you allow your Holy One to see corruption.
28 You have made known to me the ways of genuine and absolute fullness of life; You shall make me full of joy with Your appearance.
29 Men and brothers, let me freely speak to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us to this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31 Seeing this before, he spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that His Soul Life was not left in hell, neither did His Flesh see corruption.
32 God has raised up this Jesus, of which we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the Right Hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, He has shed forth this, which you now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he says himself, Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit you on My Right Hand,
35 Until I make your foes your footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God has made that same Jesus, whom you have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their innermost minds, and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles, "Men and brothers, what shall we do?"
38 Then Peter said to them, "Have a new mind, and be baptized every one of you into the Name of Jesus Christ for the release from bondage to, and pardon from sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." *
39 For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
40 And with many other utterances did He testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this toward generation.
41 Then those who gladly received His utterance were baptized, and the same day there were added to them about three thousand souls.
42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
43 And holy reverence came upon every mind: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. *
44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, ate their food with gladness and singleness of innermost minds,
47 Praising God, and having divine power for righteousness, holiness, and redemption with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.