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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Utterly amazed, they asked: "Aren't all these who are speaking Galileans? |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11(both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs--we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!" |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, "What does this mean?" |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Some, however, made fun of them and said, "They have had too much wine." |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: "Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning! |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17"'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.' |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22"Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23This man was handed over to you by God's deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25David said about him: "'I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest in hope, |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.' |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29"Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, "'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."' |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36"Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah." |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?" |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off--for all whom the Lord our God will call." |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation." |
| 41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. |
| 42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. |
| 43[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. |
| 44[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 44All the believers were together and had everything in common. |
| 45[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 45They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. |
| 46[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 46Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, |
| 47[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. |
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