Acts 2:32-42

32 This Jesus God raised up, of which we all are witnesses.

33 Therefore, having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out this that you see and hear.

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

35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet." '

36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt, that God has made him both Lord and Christ--this Jesus whom you crucified!"

The Response to Peter’s Sermon

37 Now [when they] heard [this], they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "What should we do, men [and] brothers?"

38 And Peter [said] to them, "Repent and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

39 For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those [who are] far away, as many as the Lord our God calls to himself."

40 And with many other words he solemnly urged and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this crooked generation!"

41 So those who accepted his message were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added.

The Fellowship of the First Believers

42 And they were devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayers.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "of whom," referring to Jesus
• [b]. Some manuscripts have "both see and hear"
• [c]. A quotation from Ps 110:1
• [d]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal
• [e]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [f]. Some manuscripts explicitly add "said"