1THE day of Pentecost had come, and they were all together in one place.
2Suddenly there came from the sky what sounded like a strong, driving wind, a noise which filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3And there appeared to them flames like tongues of fire distributed among them and coming to rest on each one.
4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to talk in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them power of utterance.
5Now there were staying in Jerusalem devout Jews drawn from every nation under heaven.
6At this sound a crowd of them gathered, and were bewildered because each one heard his own language spoken;
7they were amazed and in astonishment exclaimed, “Surely these people who are speaking are all Galileans!
8How is it that each of us can hear them in his own native language?
9Parthians, Medes, Elamites; inhabitants of Mesopotamia, of Judaea and Cappadocia, of Pontus and Asia,
10of Phrygia and Pamphylia, of Egypt and the districts of Libya around Cyrene; visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes;
11Cretans and Arabs -- all of us hear them telling in our own tongues the great things God has done.”
12They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What can this mean?”
13Others said contemptuously, “They have been drinking!”
14But Peter stood up with the eleven, and in a loud voice addressed the crowd: “Fellow-Jews, and all who live in Jerusalem, listen and take note of what I say.
15These people are not drunk, as you suppose; it is only nine in the morning!
16No, this is what the prophet Joel spoke of:
17‘In the last days, says God, I will pour out my Spirit on all mankind; and your sons and daughters shall prophesy; your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18Yes, on my servants and my handmaids I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.
19I will show portents in the sky above, and signs on the earth below -- blood and fire and a pall of smoke.
20The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before that great, resplendent day, the day of the Lord, shall come.
21Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord on that day shall be saved.’
22“Men of Israel, hear me: I am speaking of Jesus of Nazareth, singled out by God and made known to you through miracles, portents, and signs, which God worked among you through him, as you well know.
23By the deliberate will and plan of God he was given into your power, and you killed him, using heathen men to crucify him.
24But God raised him to life again, setting him free from the pangs of death, because it could not be that death should keep him in its grip.
25“For David says of him: I foresaw that the Lord would be with me for ever, with him at my right hand I cannot be shaken;
26therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; moreover, my flesh shall dwell in hope,
27for you will not abandon me to death, nor let your faithful servant suffer corruption.
28You have shown me the paths of life; your presence will fill me with joy.
29“My friends, nobody can deny that the patriarch David died and was buried; we have his tomb here to this very day.
30It is clear therefore that he spoke as a prophet who knew that God had sworn to him that one of his own direct descendants should sit on his throne;
31and when he said he was not abandoned to death, and his flesh never saw corruption, he spoke with foreknowledge of the resurrection of the Messiah.
32Now Jesus has been raised by God, and of this we are all witnesses.
33Exalted at God's right hand he received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, and all that you now see and hear flows from him.
34For it was not David who went up to heaven; his own words are: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand
35until I make your enemies your footstool.”’
36Let all Israel then accept as certain that God has made this same Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.'
37When they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Friends, what are we to do?”
38“Repent”, said Peter, “and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus the Messiah; then your sins will be forgiven and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39The promise is to you and to your children and to all who are far away, to everyone whom the Lord our God may call.”
40He pressed his case with many other arguments and pleaded with them: “Save yourselves from this crooked age.”
41Those who accepted what he said were baptized, and some three thousand were added to the number of believers that day.
42They met constantly to hear the apostles teach and to share the common life, to break bread, and to pray.
43A sense of awe was felt by everyone, and many portents and signs were brought about through the apostles.
44All the believers agreed to hold everything in common:
45they began to sell their property and possessions and distribute to everyone according to his need.
46One and all they kept up their daily attendance at the temple, and, breaking bread in their homes, they shared their meals with unaffected joy,
47as they praised God and enjoyed the favour of the whole people. And day by day the Lord added new converts to their number.
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