Acts 2
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And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place.
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And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and
it filled all the house where they were sitting.
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And there appeared to them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon
each one of them.
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And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues,
as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.
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And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because
that every man heard them speaking in his own language.
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And they were all amazed and marveled, saying, Behold, are not all these that speak
Galileans?
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And how hear we, every man in our own language wherein we were born?
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Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia,
in Pontus and Asia,
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in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and sojourners
from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
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Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our tongues the mighty works of God.
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And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What means this?
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But others mocking said, They are filled with new wine.
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But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke forth to them,
[saying], You men of Judea, and all you that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to
you, and give ear to my words.
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For these are not drunken, as you suppose; seeing it is [but] the third hour of the
day.
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but this is that which has been spoken through the prophet Joel:
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And it shall be in the last days, says God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all
flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see
visions, And your old men shall dream dreams:
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Yea and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days Will I pour forth of my
Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
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And I will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood,
and fire, and vapor of smoke:
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The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of
the Lord come, That great and notable [day].
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And it shall be, that whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
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You men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God to you
by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even
as you yourselves know;
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him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you by
the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:
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whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible
that he should be holden of it.
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For David says concerning him, I beheld the Lord always before my face; For he is
on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
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Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; Moreover my flesh also shall
dwell in hope:
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Because you will not leave my soul to Hades, Neither will you give your Holy One to
see corruption.
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You made known to me the ways of life; You shall make me full of gladness with your
countenance.
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Brethren, I may say to you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was
buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
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Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that
of the fruit of his loins he would set [one] upon his throne;
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he foreseeing [this] spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he
left to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
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This Jesus did God raise up, whereof we all are witnesses.
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Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father
the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured forth this, which you see and hear.
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For David ascended not into the heavens: but he says himself, The Lord said to my
Lord, Sit you on my right hand,
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Till I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.
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Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God has made him both Lord
and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.
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Now when they heard [this,] they were pricked in their heart, and said to Peter and
the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?
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And Peter [said] to them, Repent you, and be baptized every one of you in the name
of Jesus Christ to the remission of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the
Holy Spirit.
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For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even]
as many as the Lord our God shall call to him.
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And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves
from this crooked generation.
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They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added [to them] in
that day about three thousand souls.
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And they continued steadfastly in the apostles` teaching and fellowship, in the breaking
of bread and the prayers.
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And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.
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And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
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and they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all, according as any
man had need.
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And day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking
bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,
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praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day
by day those that were saved.