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Acts 2

The Day of Pentecost

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When  athe day of Pentecost  1had come, they were all together in one place.

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And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled  athe whole house where they were sitting.

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And there appeared to them tongues as of fire  1distributing themselves, and  2they  3rested on each one of them.

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And they were all  afilled with the Holy Spirit and began to  bspeak with other  1tongues, as the Spirit was giving them  2utterance.

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Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem,  adevout men from every nation under heaven.

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And when  athis sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own  1language.

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 aThey were amazed and astonished, saying, " 1Why, are not all these who are speaking  bGalileans?

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"And how is it that we each hear them in our own  1language  2to which we were born?

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"Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and  aCappadocia,  bPontus and  1 cAsia,

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 aPhrygia and  bPamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around  cCyrene, and  1 dvisitors from Rome, both Jews and  2 eproselytes,

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Cretans and Arabs--we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God."

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And  athey all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"

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But others were mocking and saying, " aThey are full of  1sweet wine."

Peter's Sermon

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But Peter,  1taking his stand with  athe eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: "Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.

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"For these men are not drunk, as you suppose,  afor it is only the  1third hour of the day;

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but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:

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aAND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, `THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL  1MANKIND; 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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EVEN ON MY BONDSLAVES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT And they shall prophesy.

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`AND I WILL GRANT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE AND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW, BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND VAPOR OF SMOKE.

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`THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD SHALL COME.

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`AND IT SHALL BE THAT  aEVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.'

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"Men of Israel, listen to these words:  aJesus the Nazarene,  ba man  1attested to you by God with  2miracles and  cwonders and  3signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know--

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this Man, delivered over by the  apredetermined plan and foreknowledge of God,  byou nailed to a cross by the hands of  1godless men and put Him to death.

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1But  aGod raised Him up again, putting an end to the  2agony of death, since it  bwas impossible for Him to be held  3in its power.

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"For David says of Him, ` aI SAW THE LORD ALWAYS IN MY PRESENCE; FOR HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, SO THAT I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN.

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`THEREFORE MY HEART WAS GLAD AND MY TONGUE EXULTED; MOREOVER MY FLESH ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE;

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BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO  aHADES,  bNOR  1ALLOW YOUR  2HOLY ONE TO  3UNDERGO DECAY.

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`YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE.'

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1Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the  apatriarch David that he both  bdied and  cwas buried, and  dhis tomb is  2with us to this day.

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"And so, because he was  aa prophet and knew that  bGOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one  1OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE,

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he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of  1the Christ, that  aHE WAS NEITHER ABANDONED TO HADES, NOR DID His flesh  2SUFFER DECAY.

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"This Jesus  aGod raised up again, to which we are all  bwitnesses.

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"Therefore having been exalted  1 ato the right hand of God, and  bhaving received from the Father  cthe promise of the Holy Spirit, He has  dpoured forth this which you both see and hear.

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"For it was not David who ascended into  1heaven, but he himself says: ` aTHE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,

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UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET."'

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"Therefore let all the  ahouse of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both  bLord and  1Christ--this Jesus  cwhom you crucified."

The Ingathering

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Now when they heard this, they were  1pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, " 2Brethren,  3 awhat shall we do?"

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Peter said to them, " aRepent, and each of you be  bbaptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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"For  athe promise is for you and your children and for all who are  bfar off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself."

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And with many other words he solemnly  atestified and kept on exhorting them, saying, " 1Be saved from this  bperverse generation!"

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So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand  1 asouls.

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They were  acontinually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to  bthe breaking of bread and  1 ato prayer.

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 1Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many  awonders and  2signs were taking place through the apostles.

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And all those who had believed  1were together and  ahad all things in common;

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and they  abegan selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.

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 aDay by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and  bbreaking bread  1from house to house, they were taking their  2meals together with gladness and  3sincerity of heart,

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praising God and  ahaving favor with all the people. And the Lord  bwas adding  1to their number day by day  cthose who were being saved.



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