When ^athe day of Pentecost ¹had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled ^athe whole house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire ¹distributing themselves, and ²they ³rested on each one of them. 4 And they were all ^afilled with the Holy Spirit and began to ^bspeak with other ¹tongues, as the Spirit was giving them ²utterance.

5 Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, ^adevout men from every nation under heaven. 6 And when ^athis sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own ¹language. 7 ^aThey were amazed and astonished, saying, “¹Why, are not all these who are speaking ^bGalileans? 8 And how is it that we each hear them in our own ¹language ²to which we were born? 9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and ^aCappadocia, ^bPontus and ^1cAsia, 10 ^aPhrygia and ^bPamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around ^cCyrene, and ^1dvisitors from Rome, both Jews and ^2eproselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.” 12 And ^athey all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13 But others were mocking and saying, “^aThey are full of ¹sweet wine.”

14 But Peter, ¹taking his stand with ^athe 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, ^afor it is only the ¹third hour of the day; 16 but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:

22 “Men of Israel, listen to these words: ^aJesus the Nazarene, ^ba man ¹attested to you by God with ²miracles and ^cwonders and ³signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know— 23 this Man, delivered over by the ^apredetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, ^byou nailed to a cross by the hands of ¹godless men and put Him to death. 24 ¹But ^aGod raised Him up again, putting an end to the ²agony of death, since it ^bwas impossible for Him to be held ³in its power. 25 For David says of Him,‘^aI SAW THE LORD ALWAYS IN MY PRESENCE;FOR HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, SO THAT I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN.

29 “¹Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the ^apatriarch David that he both ^bdied and ^cwas buried, and ^dhis tomb is ²with us to this day. 30 And so, because he was ^aa prophet and knew that ^bGOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one ¹OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE, 31 he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of ¹the Christ, that ^aHE WAS NEITHER ABANDONED TO HADES, NOR DID His flesh ²SUFFER DECAY. 32 This Jesus ^aGod raised up again, to which we are all ^bwitnesses. 33 Therefore having been exalted ^1ato the right hand of God, and ^bhaving received from the Father ^cthe promise of the Holy Spirit, He has ^dpoured forth this which you both see and hear. 34 For it was not David who ascended into ¹heaven, but he himself says:‘^aTHE LORD SAID TO MY LORD,“SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,

36 Therefore let all the ^ahouse of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both ^bLord and ¹Christ—this Jesus ^cwhom you crucified.”

37 Now when they heard this, they were ¹pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “²Brethren, ^3awhat shall we do?” 38 Peter said to them, “^aRepent, and each of you be ^bbaptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For ^athe promise is for you and your children and for all who are ^bfar off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” 40 And with many other words he solemnly ^atestified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “¹Be saved from this ^bperverse generation!” 41 So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand ^1asouls. 42 They were ^acontinually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to ^bthe breaking of bread and ^1cto prayer.

43 ¹Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many ^awonders and ²signs were taking place through the apostles. 44 And all those who had believed ¹were together and ^ahad all things in common; 45 and they ^abegan selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need. 46 ^aDay by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and ^bbreaking bread ¹from house to house, they were taking their ²meals together with gladness and ³sincerity of heart, 47 praising God and ^ahaving favor with all the people. And the Lord ^bwas adding ¹to their number day by day ^cthose who were being saved.