Acts 2:12-22

12 And ¹they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, "What does this mean *?"

13 But others were mocking and saying, "²They are full of sweet wine."

Peter's Sermon

14 But Peter, taking his stand with ³the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: "Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.

15 "For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, ⁴for it is only the third hour of the day;

16 but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:

17 '⁵AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, 'THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS;

18 EVEN ON MY BONDSLAVES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT And they shall prophesy.

19 'AND I WILL GRANT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE AND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW, BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND VAPOR OF SMOKE.

20 'THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD SHALL COME.

21 'AND IT SHALL BE THAT ⁶EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.'

22 "Men of Israel, listen to these words: ⁷Jesus the Nazarene, ⁸a man attested to you by God with miracles and ⁹wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know -

Cross References

• 1. Acts 2:7
• 2. 1 Corinthians 14:23
• 3. Acts 1:26
• 4. 1 Thessalonians 5:7
• 5. Joel 2:28-32
• 6. Romans 10:13
• 7. Acts 3:6; Acts 4:10; Acts 10:38
• 8. John 3:2
• 9. John 4:48; Acts 2:19, 43

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. new wine
• [b]. Or "being put forward" as spokesman
• [c]. I.e. 9 a.m.
• [d]. Lit "flesh"
• [e]. Or "exhibited" or "accredited"
• [f]. Or "works of power"
• [g]. Or "attesting miracles"