| 2:1 | Now* when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. |
| 2:2 | Suddenly* a sound* like a violent wind blowing* came from heaven* and filled the entire house where they were sitting. |
| 2:3 | And tongues spreading out like a fire* appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them. |
| 2:4 | All* of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages* as the Spirit enabled them.* |
| 2:5 | Now there were devout Jews* from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.* |
| 2:6 | When this sound* occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion,* because each one heard them speaking in his own language. |
| 2:7 | Completely baffled, they said,* “Aren’t* all these who are speaking Galileans? |
| 2:8 | And how is it that each one of us hears them* in our own native language?* |
| 2:9 | Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia,* |
| 2:10 | Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene,* and visitors from Rome,* |
| 2:11 | both Jews and proselytes,* Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”* |
| 2:12 | All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” |
| 2:13 | But others jeered at the speakers,* saying, “They are drunk on new wine!”* |
| 2:14 | But Peter stood up* with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: “You men of Judea* and all you who live in Jerusalem,* know this* and listen carefully to what I say. |
| 2:15 | In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk,* for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.* |
| 2:16 | But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:* |
| 2:17 | ‘And in the last days* it will be,’ God says, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people,* and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. |
| 2:18 | Even on my servants,* both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.* |
| 2:19 | And I will perform wonders in the sky* above and miraculous signs* on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke. |
| 2:20 | The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious* day of the Lord comes. |
| 2:21 | And then* everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’* |
| 2:22 | “Men of Israel,* listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds,* wonders, and miraculous signs* that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know – |
| 2:23 | this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed* by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.* |
| 2:24 | But God raised him up,* having released* him from the pains* of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.* |
| 2:25 | For David says about him, ‘I saw the Lord always in front of me,* for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken. |
| 2:26 | Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body* also will live in hope, |
| 2:27 | because you will not leave my soul in Hades,* nor permit your Holy One to experience* decay. |
| 2:28 | You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.’* |
| 2:29 | “Brothers,* I can speak confidently* to you about our forefather* David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. |
| 2:30 | So then, because* he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants* on his throne,* |
| 2:31 | David by foreseeing this* spoke about the resurrection of the Christ,* that he was neither abandoned to Hades,* nor did his body* experience* decay.* |
| 2:32 | This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.* |
| 2:33 | So then, exalted* to the right hand* of God, and having received* the promise of the Holy Spirit* from the Father, he has poured out* what you both see and hear. |
| 2:34 | For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit* at my right hand |
| 2:35 | until I make your enemies a footstool* for your feet.”’* |
| 2:36 | Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt* that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified* both Lord* and Christ.”* |
| 2:37 | Now when they heard this,* they were acutely distressed* and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What should we do, brothers?” |
| 2:38 | Peter said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized* in the name of Jesus Christ* for* the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.* |
| 2:39 | For the promise* is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.” |
| 2:40 | With many other words he testified* and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse* generation!” |
| 2:41 | So those who accepted* his message* were baptized, and that day about three thousand people* were added.* |
| 2:42 | They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship,* to the breaking of bread and to prayer.* |
| 2:43 | Reverential awe* came over everyone,* and many wonders and miraculous signs* came about by the apostles. |
| 2:44 | All who believed were together and held* everything in common, |
| 2:45 | and they began selling* their property* and possessions and distributing the proceeds* to everyone, as anyone had need. |
| 2:46 | Every day* they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts,* breaking bread from* house to house, sharing their food with glad* and humble hearts,* |
| 2:47 | praising God and having the good will* of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day* those who were being saved. |
Acts 2 - NET Bible [draft]
