Acts 2:14-33

Peter's Sermon

14 But Peter, taking his stand with ¹the 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, ²for it is only the third hour of the day;

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

17 '³AND 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 ⁴EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.'

22 "Men of Israel, listen to these words: ⁵Jesus the Nazarene, ⁶a man attested to you by God with miracles and ⁷wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know -

23 this Man, delivered over by the ⁸predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, ⁹you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.

24 "But ¹⁰God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it ¹¹was impossible * for Him to be held in its power.

25 "For David says of Him, '¹²I SAW THE LORD ALWAYS * IN MY PRESENCE; FOR HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, SO THAT I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN.

26 'THEREFORE * MY HEART WAS GLAD AND MY TONGUE EXULTED; MOREOVER * MY FLESH ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE;

27 BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO ¹³HADES, ¹⁴NOR ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY.

28 'YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE.'

29 "Brethren *, I may confidently say to you regarding the ¹⁵patriarch David that he both ¹⁶died and ¹⁷was buried, and ¹⁸his tomb is with us to this day.

30 "And so, because he was ¹⁹a prophet and knew that ²⁰GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS * ON HIS THRONE,

31 he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that ²¹HE WAS NEITHER ABANDONED TO HADES, NOR DID His flesh SUFFER DECAY.

32 "This Jesus ²²God raised up again, to which we are all ²³witnesses.

33 "Therefore having been exalted ²⁴to the right hand of God, and ²⁵having received from the Father ²⁶the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has ²⁷poured forth this which you both see and hear.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 1:26
• 2. 1 Thessalonians 5:7
• 3. Joel 2:28-32
• 4. Romans 10:13
• 5. Acts 3:6; Acts 4:10; Acts 10:38
• 6. John 3:2
• 7. John 4:48; Acts 2:19, 43
• 8. Luke 22:22; Acts 3:18; Acts 4:28; 1 Peter 1:20
• 9. Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:33; Luke 24:20; John 19:18; Acts 3:13
• 10. Matthew 28:5, 6; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:5, 6; Acts 2:32; Acts 3:15, 26; Acts 4:10; Acts 5:30; 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
• 11. John 20:9
• 12. Psalms 16:8-11
• 13. Matthew 11:23; Acts 2:31
• 14. Acts 13:35
• 15. Acts 7:8; Hebrews 7:4
• 16. Acts 13:36
• 17. 1 Kings 2:10
• 18. Nehemiah 3:16
• 19. Matthew 22:43
• 20. Psalms 132:11; 2 Samuel 7:12; Psalms 89:3
• 21. Matthew 11:23; Acts 2:27
• 22. Acts 2:24; Acts 3:15, 26; Acts 4:10; Acts 5:30; 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
• 23. Acts 1:8
• 24. Mark 16:19; Acts 5:31
• 25. Acts 1:4
• 26. John 7:39; Galatians 3:14
• 27. Acts 2:17; Acts 10:45

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "being put forward" as spokesman
• [b]. I.e. 9 a.m.
• [c]. Lit "flesh"
• [d]. Or "exhibited" or "accredited"
• [e]. Or "works of power"
• [f]. Or "attesting miracles"
• [g]. Lit "men without the Law;" i.e. pagan
• [h]. Lit "Whom God raised up"
• [i]. Lit "birth pains"
• [j]. Lit "by it"
• [k]. Lit "give"
• [l]. Or "devout" or "pious"
• [m]. Lit "see corruption"
• [n]. Lit "Men brothers"
• [o]. Lit "among"
• [p]. Lit "of the fruit of his loins"
• [q]. I.e. the Messiah
• [r]. Lit "see corruption"
• [s]. Or "by"