ACTS Chapter 2 - The Holy Spirit Comes At Pentecost

The Holy Spirit Comes At Pentecost

When the Day of Pentecost came,

They were all together in one place.

2 SUDDENLY A SOUND

LIKE THE BLOWING OF A VIOLENT WIND

CAME FROM HEAVEN

AND FILLED THE WHOLE HOUSE

WHERE THEY WERE SITTING..

3 THEY SAW WHAT SEEMED TO BE TONGUES OF FIRE

THAT SEPARATED AND CAME TO REST ON EACH OF THEM.

4 ALL OF THEM WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT

AND BEGAN TO SEPAK IN OTHER TONGUES

AS THE SPIRIT ENABLED THEM.

5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem

God-fearing Jews from every Nation under heaven.

6 WHEN THEY HEARD THIS SOUND,

A CROWD CAME TOGETHER IN BEWILDERMENT,

BECAUSE EACH ONE HEARD THEM SPEAKING

IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE.

7 UTTERLY AMAZED, they asked:

'Are not all these men Galileans?

8Then how is it that each of us hears them

In his own Native Language?

9 Parthinans, Medes and Elamites;

Residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,

Pontus and Asia,

10 Phrigia and Pamphylia, Egypt

And parts of Libya near Cyrene;

Visitors from Rome

11 (Both Jews and converts to Judaism);

Cretans and Arabs--

WE HEAR THEM DECLARING THE WONDERS OF GOD

IN OUR OWN TONGUES!'

12 AMAZED AND PERPLEXED,

They asked one another,

'WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?'

13 Some made fun of them and said,

'THEY HAVE HAD TOO MUCH WINE.'

Peter Addresses The Crowd

14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven,

Raised his voice and addressed the Crowd:

'Fellow Jews and all of you who are in Jerusalem,

Let me explain this to you;

Listen carefully to what I say.

15 THESE MEN ARE NOT DRUNK,

AS YOU SUPPOSE.

IT'S ONLY NINE IN THE MORNING!

16 NO, THIS IS WHAT WAS SPOKEN

BY THE PROPHET JOEL:

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 Even on My servants,

Both men and women,

I will Pour Out My Spirit in those Days,

AND THEY WILL PROPHESY.

19 I will show Wonders in the Heaven above

And Signs on the Earth below,

BLOOD AND FIRE AND BILLOWS OF SMOKE.

20 THE SUN WILL TURN TO DARKNESS

AND THE MOON TO BLOOD

BEFORE THE COMING

OF THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD.

21 AND EVERYONE

WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD

WILL BE SAVED.'

22 MEN OF ISRAEL 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 This man was handed over to you

BY GOD'S SET PURPOSE AND FOREKNOWLDGE;

AND YOU WITH THE HELP OF WICKED MEN,

PUT HIM TO DEATH 

BY NAILING HIM TO THE CROSS.

24 BUT 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 David said about Him:

'I saw the Lord always before me.

Because He is at my Right Hand,

I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN.

26 Therefore my heart is Glad

And my tongue Rejoices;

My body also will live in Hope,

27 Because you will not Abandon me to the Grave,

NOR WILL YOU LET YOUR HOLY ONE SEE DECAY.

28 YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME

THE PATHS OF LIFE;

YOU WILL FILL ME WITH JOY IN YOUR PRESENCE.'

29 'Brothers, I can tell you Confidently

That the Patriarch David died and was buried,

And his Tomb is here to this day.

30 But 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 Seeing what was ahead,

HE SPOKE OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE CHRIST,

THAT HE WAS NOT ABANDONED TO THE GRAVE,

NOR DID HIS BODY SEE DECAY.

32 GOD HAS RAISED THIS JESUS TO LIFE,

AND WE ARE ALL WITNESSES OF THAT FACT.

33 EXALTED 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 For David did not ascend to Heaven,

And yet he said,

'The Lord said to my Lord:

Sit at My Right Hand

35 Until I make your enemies

A footstool for Your feet.'

36 Therefore let All Israel be Assured of this:

GOD HAS MADE THIS JESUS,

WHOM YOU CURCIFIED,

BOTH LORD AND CHRIST.'

37 When the people heard this,

They were CUT TO THE HEART

And said to Peter and the other Apostles,

'BROTHERS, WHAT SHALL WE DO?'

38 Peter replied,

REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED,

EVERYONE OF YOU,

IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST

SO THAT YOUR SINS MAY BE FORGIVEN.

AND YOU WILL RECEIVE THE GIFT

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

39 THE PROMISE IS FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN

AND FOR ALL WHO ARE FAR OFF--

FOR ALL WHOM THE LORD OUR GOD WILL CALL.'

40 With many other words he Warned them;

And he Pleaded with them,

'SAVE YOURSELVES FROM THIS CORRUPT GENERATION.'

41 Those who accepted his Message were baptized,

AND ABOUT THREE THOUSAND

WERE ADDED TO THEIR NUMBER THAT DAY.

The Fellowship Of The Believers

42 THEY DEVOTED THEMSELVES

TO THE APOSTLES' TEACHING

AND TO THE BREAKING OF BREAD

AND TO PRAYER.

43 EVERYONE WAS FILLED WITH AWE,

AND MANY WONDERS AND MIRACULOUS SIGNS

WERE DONE BY THE APOSTLES.

44 All the Believers were together

And had everything in Common.

45 Selling their possessions and goods,

They gave to anyone as he had need.

46 Every 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 PRAISING GOD

AND ENJOYING THE FAVOR OF ALL THE PEOPLE.

AND THE LORD ADDED TO THEIR NUMBER DAILY

THOSE WHO WERE BEING SAVED.

(Acts 2)