Acts 2:21
 Acts 2:21 
New International Version (©2011)
And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

New Living Translation (©2007)
But everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.'

English Standard Version (©2001)
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
'AND IT SHALL BE THAT EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.'

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

International Standard Version (©2012)
Then whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

NET Bible (©2006)
And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
“And it shall be that everyone who calls on the name of THE LORD JEHOVAH shall receive life.' “

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

American King James Version
And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

American Standard Version
And it shall be, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.

Darby Bible Translation
And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

English Revised Version
And it shall be, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.

Weymouth New Testament
and every one who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'

World English Bible
It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

Young's Literal Translation
and it shall be, every one -- whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:14-21 Peter's sermon shows that he was thoroughly recovered from his fall, and thoroughly restored to the Divine favour; for he who had denied Christ, now boldly confessed him. His account of the miraculous pouring forth of the Spirit, was designed to awaken the hearers to embrace the faith of Christ, and to join themselves to his church. It was the fulfilling the Scripture, and the fruit of Christ's resurrection and ascension, and proof of both. Though Peter was filled with the Holy Ghost, and spake with tongues as the Spirit gave him utterance, yet he did not think to set aside the Scriptures. Christ's scholars never learn above their Bible; and the Spirit is given, not to do away the Scriptures, but to enable us to understand, approve, and obey them. Assuredly none will escape the condemnation of the great day, except those who call upon the name of the Lord, in and through his Son Jesus Christ, as the Saviour of sinners, and the Judge of all mankind.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 21. - Be for come to pass, A.V.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it shall come to pass,.... Even at that time, when these signs shall appear, and the destruction is hastening on, that

whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord; shall believe in the Lord Jesus Christ with the heart, and shall confess him with the mouth, and shall worship him in Spirit and in truth, and submit to all his ordinances and commands; for invocation of the Lord includes the whole of worship, internal and external:

shall be saved; or delivered from that temporal destruction which came upon the Jews, as the Christians were by removing from Jerusalem to Pella, as they were directed (u); and shall be saved with a spiritual and everlasting salvation by Jesus Christ; see Gill on Romans 10:13.

(u) Vid. Euseb. Eccl. Hist. l. 3. c. 5.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

21. whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved—This points to the permanent establishment of the economy of salvation, which followed on the breaking up of the Jewish state.


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Peter Preaches to the Crowd
20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come: 21And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 22You men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the middle of you, as you yourselves also know: …

Joel 2:32 And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, even among the survivors whom the LORD calls.
Acts 2:20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
Romans 10:13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."