Acts 2:1-21

The Coming of the Holy Spirit

1 When ¹the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.

2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like ²a mighty rushing wind, and ³it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

3 And divided tongues ⁴as of fire appeared to them and rested^[a] on each one of them.

4 And they were all ⁵filled with the Holy Spirit and began ⁶to speak in other tongues ⁷as the Spirit gave them utterance.

5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.

6 And ⁸at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language.

7 And ⁹they were amazed and astonished, saying, "Are not all these who are speaking ¹⁰Galileans?

8 And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?

9 Parthians and ¹¹Medes and ¹²Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,

11 both Jews and ¹³proselytes, Cretans and Arabians--we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God."

12 And ¹⁴all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"

13 But others ¹⁵mocking said, "They are filled with new wine."

Peter's Sermon at Pentecost

14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.

15 For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, ¹⁶since it is only the third hour of the day.^[b]

16 But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:

17 ¹⁷"'And in the last days it shall be, God declares, ¹⁸that I will pour out my Spirit ¹⁹on all flesh, and your sons and ²⁰your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

18 even on my male servants^[c] and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and ²¹they shall prophesy.

19 And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;

20 ²²the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before ²³the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.

21 And it shall come to pass that ²⁴everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.'

Cross References

• 1. Acts 20:16; 1 Corinthians 16:8; [Leviticus 23:15]
• 2. [1 Kings 19:11; Job 38:1; Ezekiel 1:4]
• 3. [Acts 4:31; Acts 16:26]
• 4. Matthew 3:11
• 5. Acts 4:31; Acts 13:52
• 6. See Mark 16:17
• 7. [1 Corinthians 12:10, 11]
• 8. ver. 2
• 9. ver. 12
• 10. Acts 1:11; [Matthew 26:73]
• 11. 2 Kings 17:6
• 12. Genesis 14:1, 9; Isaiah 11:11; Daniel 8:2
• 13. Acts 6:5; Acts 13:43; Matthew 23:15
• 14. ver. 7
• 15. [Acts 17:32; 1 Corinthians 14:23]
• 16. [1 Thessalonians 5:7]
• 17. Cited from Joel 2:28-32
• 18. ver. 18, 33; Isaiah 32:15; Isaiah 44:3; Ezekiel 36:27; See Romans 5:5
• 19. [Acts 10:45; Titus 3:6]
• 20. Acts 21:9
• 21. Acts 11:28; Acts 21:10; 1 Corinthians 12:10
• 22. See Matthew 24:29
• 23. [1 Thessalonians 5:2; Revelation 16:14]
• 24. Romans 10:13; [Acts 16:31]

Footnotes

• [a]. Or And tongues as of fire appeared to them, distributed among them, and rested
• [b]. That is, 9 a.m.
• [c]. Greek bondservants; twice in this verse