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2:1  And during the day of Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all together at the same place.
2:2  And suddenly a noise from heaven like of a violent rushing wind took place, and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
2:3  And dividing tongues as-if of fire appeared to them. And it sat on each one of them.
2:4  And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit was giving the uttering to them.
2:5  Now there were Jews dwelling in Jerusalem, reverent men from every nation under heaven.
2:6  And this sound having taken place, the crowd came together and was confounded because they were each one hearing them speaking in his own language!
2:7  And they were astonished, and were marveling, saying “Behold, are not all these ones speaking Galileans?
2:8  And how is it we are each one hearing in our own language in which we were born?—
2:9  Parthians and Medes and Elamites; and the ones dwelling-in Mesopotamia, and Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
2:10  and Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the regions of Libya toward Cyrene; and the Romans residing here;
2:11  both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs; we are hearing them speaking the great things of God in our own tongues”.
2:12  And they were all astonished and greatly-perplexed, saying one to another, “What does this mean?”
2:13  But others, while scoffing, were saying that “They have been filled with sweet-new-wine”.
2:14  And Peter, having stood with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them, “Men, Jews, and all the ones dwelling-in Jerusalem: let this be known to you, and pay-attention-to my words.
2:15  For these ones are not drunk, as you are assuming. For it is the third hour of the day.
2:16  But this is the thing having been spoken through the prophet Joel [in Joel 2:28-32]:
2:17  ‘And it shall be in the last days, God says, that I will pour-out from My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your older men will dream with dreams.
2:18  And indeed upon My male-slaves and upon My female-slaves I will pour-out from My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
2:19  And I will give wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth below— blood, and fire and a vapor of smoke.
2:20  The sun will be changed into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
2:21  And it shall be that everyone who calls-upon the name of the Lord will be saved’.
2:22  “Men, Israelites, listen-to these words: As to Jesus the Nazarene, a man having been attested by God to you with miracles and wonders and signs which God did through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—
2:23  this One, given-over by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you killed, having fastened Him to a cross by the hand of Lawless ones,
2:24  Whom God raised-up, having put-an-end-to the pains of death, because it was not possible that He be held-on-to by it.
2:25  “For David says with reference to Him [in Ps 16:8-11], ‘I was seeing the Lord in my presence continually, because He is on my right side so that I may not be shaken.
2:26  For this reason my heart was cheered and my tongue rejoiced-greatly. And furthermore, my flesh will also dwell in hope,
2:27  because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor give Your holy One to see decay.
2:28  You made the ways of life known to me. You will make me full of gladness with Your presence’.
2:29  Men, brothers, it is proper to say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both came-to-an-end and was buried. And his tomb is with us to this day.
2:30  Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God swore to him with an oath to seat One from the fruit of his loins upon his throne,
2:31  having foreseen it, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ— that He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh see decay.
2:32  God raised up this Jesus, of which we are all witnesses.
2:33  Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He poured-out this which you are both seeing and hearing.
2:34  For David did not go up into the heavens, but he himself says [in Ps 110:1], ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Be sitting on My right side
2:35  until I put Your enemies as a footstool of Your feet”’.
2:36  “Therefore let all the house of Israel know with-certainty that God made Him both Lord and Christ— this Jesus Whom you crucified”.
2:37  And having heard it, they were pierced in the heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Men, brothers, what should we do?”
2:38  And Peter says to them, “Repent, and let each of you be baptized on-the-basis-of  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 for your children, and for all the ones far-away— all-whom the Lord our God will call-to Himself ”.
2:40  And he solemnly-testified with many other words, and was exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this crooked generation”.
2:41  So indeed, the ones having welcomed his word were baptized. And about three-thousand souls were added on that day.
2:42  Now they were devoting-themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to fellowship, to the breaking of the bread and to prayers.
2:43  And awe was taking place in every soul. And many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.
2:44  And all the ones believing were at the same place, and were having all things common.
2:45  And they were selling properties and possessions, and distributing them to all— as anyone was having a need.
2:46  And while continuing daily with-one-accord in the temple and breaking bread house by house, they were sharing-in food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
2:47  while praising God and having favor with the whole people. And the Lord was adding the ones being saved daily at-the-same-place.