Acts 2:1-41

The Coming of the Holy Spirit

1 When ¹the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.

2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like ²a mighty rushing wind, and ³it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

3 And divided tongues ⁴as of fire appeared to them and rested^[a] on each one of them.

4 And they were all ⁵filled with the Holy Spirit and began ⁶to speak in other tongues ⁷as the Spirit gave them utterance.

5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.

6 And ⁸at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language.

7 And ⁹they were amazed and astonished, saying, "Are not all these who are speaking ¹⁰Galileans?

8 And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?

9 Parthians and ¹¹Medes and ¹²Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,

11 both Jews and ¹³proselytes, Cretans and Arabians--we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God."

12 And ¹⁴all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"

13 But others ¹⁵mocking said, "They are filled with new wine."

Peter's Sermon at Pentecost

14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.

15 For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, ¹⁶since it is only the third hour of the day.^[b]

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

17 ¹⁷"'And in the last days it shall be, God declares, ¹⁸that I will pour out my Spirit ¹⁹on all flesh, and your sons and ²⁰your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

18 even on my male servants^[c] and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and ²¹they shall prophesy.

19 And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;

20 ²²the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before ²³the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.

21 And it shall come to pass that ²⁴everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.'

22 "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, ²⁵a man attested to you by God ²⁶with ²⁷mighty works and wonders and signs that ²⁸God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know--

23 this Jesus, ²⁹delivered up according to ³⁰the definite plan and ³¹foreknowledge of God, ³²you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

24 ³³God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because ³⁴it was not possible for him to be held by it.

25 For David says concerning him, ³⁵"'I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;

26 therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell ³⁶in hope.

27 For you will not abandon my soul to ³⁷Hades, ³⁸or let your ³⁹Holy One ⁴⁰see corruption.

28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.'

29 "Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about ⁴¹the patriarch David ⁴²that he both died and ⁴³was buried, and ⁴⁴his tomb is with us to this day.

30 ⁴⁵Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that ⁴⁶God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne,

31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that ⁴⁷he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

32 This Jesus ⁴⁸God raised up, ⁴⁹and of that we all are witnesses.

33 ⁵⁰Being therefore ⁵¹exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from ⁵²the Father ⁵³the promise of the Holy Spirit, ⁵⁴he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.

34 For ⁵⁵David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, ⁵⁶"'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,

35 until I make your enemies your footstool.'

36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that ⁵⁷God has made him ⁵⁸both Lord and Christ, this Jesus ⁵⁹whom you crucified."

37 Now when ⁶⁰they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, ⁶¹what shall we do?"

38 And Peter said to them, ⁶²"Repent and ⁶³be baptized every one of you ⁶⁴in the name of Jesus Christ ⁶⁵for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive ⁶⁶the gift of the Holy Spirit.

39 For ⁶⁷the promise is for you and ⁶⁸for your children and for all ⁶⁹who are far off, everyone ⁷⁰whom the Lord our God calls to himself."

40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, ⁷¹"Save yourselves from this ⁷²crooked generation."

41 So those who received his word were baptized, and ⁷³there were added that day about three thousand souls.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 20:16; 1 Corinthians 16:8; [Leviticus 23:15]
• 2. [1 Kings 19:11; Job 38:1; Ezekiel 1:4]
• 3. [Acts 4:31; Acts 16:26]
• 4. Matthew 3:11
• 5. Acts 4:31; Acts 13:52
• 6. See Mark 16:17
• 7. [1 Corinthians 12:10, 11]
• 8. ver. 2
• 9. ver. 12
• 10. Acts 1:11; [Matthew 26:73]
• 11. 2 Kings 17:6
• 12. Genesis 14:1, 9; Isaiah 11:11; Daniel 8:2
• 13. Acts 6:5; Acts 13:43; Matthew 23:15
• 14. ver. 7
• 15. [Acts 17:32; 1 Corinthians 14:23]
• 16. [1 Thessalonians 5:7]
• 17. Cited from Joel 2:28-32
• 18. ver. 18, 33; Isaiah 32:15; Isaiah 44:3; Ezekiel 36:27; See Romans 5:5
• 19. [Acts 10:45; Titus 3:6]
• 20. Acts 21:9
• 21. Acts 11:28; Acts 21:10; 1 Corinthians 12:10
• 22. See Matthew 24:29
• 23. [1 Thessalonians 5:2; Revelation 16:14]
• 24. Romans 10:13; [Acts 16:31]
• 25. See John 3:2
• 26. Acts 10:38; Luke 24:19
• 27. 2 Corinthians 12:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Hebrews 2:4
• 28. [Matthew 12:28]
• 29. Matthew 26:24; [Acts 3:13; Matthew 20:19]; See Luke 24:20
• 30. Luke 22:22; [Acts 3:18; Acts 4:28; Acts 13:27]
• 31. 1 Peter 1:2; [1 Peter 1:20; Revelation 13:8]
• 32. See Acts 5:30
• 33. ver. 32; Acts 3:15; Acts 4:10; Acts 10:40; Acts 13:30, 33, 34, 37; Acts 17:31; Romans 4:24; Romans 6:4; Romans 8:11; Romans 10:9; 1 Corinthians 6:14; 1 Corinthians 15:15; 2 Corinthians 4:14; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 1:20; Colossians 2:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 1:21; [Ephesians 2:5]
• 34. [Luke 24:5; John 10:18; 2 Timothy 1:10; Hebrews 2:14; Revelation 1:17, 18]
• 35. Cited from Psalms 16:8-11
• 36. Romans 4:18
• 37. ver. 31; See Matthew 11:23
• 38. Acts 13:35
• 39. See Hebrews 7:26
• 40. [Luke 2:26]
• 41. Acts 7:8, 9; Hebrews 7:4
• 42. [Acts 13:36]
• 43. 1 Kings 2:10
• 44. Nehemiah 3:16
• 45. [2 Samuel 23:2; Matthew 22:43; Hebrews 11:32]
• 46. See Luke 1:32
• 47. ver. 27
• 48. ver. 24
• 49. Acts 1:22; Acts 4:33
• 50. Acts 5:31; Ephesians 1:20; Philippians 2:9; Hebrews 2:9; 1 Peter 3:22
• 51. Exodus 15:6; Psalms 98:1
• 52. Acts 1:4; [John 16:7]
• 53. Galatians 3:14
• 54. ver. 17
• 55. [John 3:13]
• 56. Cited from Psalms 110:1
• 57. See Matthew 28:18
• 58. Romans 14:9; 2 Corinthians 4:5
• 59. ver. 23
• 60. [Acts 5:33; Acts 7:54]
• 61. Acts 16:30; Luke 3:10
• 62. Acts 3:19; Acts 20:21; Acts 26:18, 20; Luke 24:47
• 63. Acts 22:16; [Acts 8:12]; See Mark 16:16
• 64. Acts 10:48; See Acts 8:16
• 65. See Mark 1:4
• 66. Acts 10:45; [Acts 8:15, 20; Acts 11:17]; See John 7:39
• 67. Romans 9:4
• 68. Acts 3:25; Isaiah 54:13; [Isaiah 44:3]
• 69. Acts 22:21; Isaiah 57:19; Ephesians 2:13, 17
• 70. Joel 2:32; Romans 8:30
• 71. [ver. 21, 47]
• 72. Deuteronomy 32:5; Matthew 17:17; Philippians 2:15
• 73. ver. 47

Footnotes

• [a]. Or And tongues as of fire appeared to them, distributed among them, and rested
• [b]. That is, 9 a.m.
• [c]. Greek bondservants; twice in this verse