Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 2
Acts 2 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 2 of Acts—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ When 1the day of Pentecost [a]had come, they were all together in one place.
- And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled 2the whole house where they were sitting.
- And there appeared to them tongues as of fire [b]distributing themselves, and [c]they [d]rested on each one of them.
- And they were all 3filled with the Holy Spirit and began to 4speak with other [e]tongues, as the Spirit was giving them [f]utterance.
- ¶ Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, 5devout men from every nation under heaven.
- And when 6this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own [g]language.
- 7They were amazed and astonished, saying, “[h]Why, are not all these who are speaking 8Galileans?
- And how is it that we each hear them in our own [i]language [j]to which we were born?
- Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and 9Cappadocia, 10Pontus and [k]11Asia,
- 12Phrygia and 13Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around 14Cyrene, and [l]15visitors from Rome, both Jews and [m]16proselytes,
- Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.”
- And 17they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”
- But others were mocking and saying, “18They are full of [n]sweet wine.”
- ¶ But Peter, [o]taking his stand with 19the 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.
- For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, 20for it is only the [p]third hour of the day;
- but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:
- ¶ ‘21AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,’ God says,
‘THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL [q]MANKIND;
AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY,
AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS,
AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS; - EVEN ON MY BONDSLAVES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN,
I WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT
And they shall prophesy. - ‘AND I WILL GRANT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE
AND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW,
BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND VAPOR OF SMOKE. - ‘THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS
AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD,
BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD SHALL COME. - ‘AND IT SHALL BE THAT 22EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.’
- ¶ “Men of Israel, listen to these words: 23Jesus the Nazarene, 24a man [r]attested to you by God with [s]miracles and 25wonders and [t]signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—
- this Man, delivered over by the 26predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, 27you nailed to a cross by the hands of [u]godless men and put Him to death.
- [v]But 28God raised Him up again, putting an end to the [w]agony of death, since it 29was impossible for Him to be held [x]in its power.
- For David says of Him,
¶ ‘30I SAW THE LORD ALWAYS IN MY PRESENCE;
FOR HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, SO THAT I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN. - ‘THEREFORE MY HEART WAS GLAD AND MY TONGUE EXULTED;
MOREOVER MY FLESH ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE; - BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO 31HADES,
32NOR [y]ALLOW YOUR [z]HOLY ONE TO [aa]UNDERGO DECAY. - ‘YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE;
YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE.’ - ¶ “[ab]Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the 33patriarch David that he both 34died and 35was buried, and 36his tomb is [ac]with us to this day.
- And so, because he was 37a prophet and knew that 38GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one [ad]OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE,
- he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of [ae]the Christ, that 39HE WAS NEITHER ABANDONED TO HADES, NOR DID His flesh [af]SUFFER DECAY.
- This Jesus 40God raised up again, to which we are all 41witnesses.
- Therefore having been exalted [ag]42to the right hand of God, and 43having received from the Father 44the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has 45poured forth this which you both see and hear.
- For it was not David who ascended into [ah]heaven, but he himself says:
¶ ‘46THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD,
“SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, - UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.”’
- ¶ Therefore let all the 47house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both 48Lord and [ai]Christ—this Jesus 49whom you crucified.”
- ¶ Now when they heard this, they were [aj]pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “[ak]Brethren, [al]50what shall we do?”
- Peter said to them, “51Repent, and each of you be 52baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- For 53the promise is for you and your children and for all who are 54far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
- And with many other words he solemnly 55testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “[am]Be saved from this 56perverse generation!”
- So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand [an]57souls.
- They were 58continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to 59the breaking of bread and [ao]60to prayer.
- ¶ [ap]Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many 61wonders and [aq]signs were taking place through the apostles.
- And all those who had believed [ar]were together and 62had all things in common;
- and they 63began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.
- 64Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and 65breaking bread [as]from house to house, they were taking their [at]meals together with gladness and [au]sincerity of heart,
- praising God and 66having favor with all the people. And the Lord 67was adding [av]to their number day by day 68those who were being saved.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Lit was being fulfilled
- ^ Or being distributed
- ^ Lit it
- ^ Or sat
- ^ Or languages
- ^ Or ability to speak out
- ^ Or dialect
- ^ Lit Behold
- ^ Or dialect
- ^ Lit in
- ^ I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
- ^ Lit the sojourning Romans
- ^ I.e. Gentile converts to Judaism
- ^ I.e. new wine
- ^ Or being put forward as spokesman
- ^ I.e. 9 a.m.
- ^ Lit flesh
- ^ Or exhibited or accredited
- ^ Or works of power
- ^ Or attesting miracles
- ^ Lit men without the Law; i.e. pagan
- ^ Lit Whom God raised up
- ^ Lit birth pains
- ^ Lit by it
- ^ Lit give
- ^ Or devout or pious
- ^ Lit see corruption
- ^ Lit Men brothers
- ^ Lit among
- ^ Lit of the fruit of his loins
- ^ I.e. the Messiah
- ^ Lit see corruption
- ^ Or by
- ^ Lit the heavens
- ^ I.e. Messiah
- ^ Or wounded in conscience
- ^ Lit Men brothers
- ^ Or what are we to do
- ^ Or Escape
- ^ I.e. persons
- ^ Lit the prayers
- ^ Lit fear was occurring to every soul
- ^ Or attesting miracles
- ^ One early ms does not contain were and and
- ^ Or in the various private homes
- ^ Lit food
- ^ Or simplicity
- ^ Lit together
REFERENCES
- ^ Le 23:15f; Ac 20:16; 1Co 16:8
- ^ Ac 4:31
- ^ Mt 10:20; Ac 1:5, 8; 4:8, 31; 6:3, 5; 7:55; 8:17; 9:17; 11:15; 13:9, 52
- ^ Mr 16:17; 1Co 12:10f; 14:21
- ^ Lu 2:25; Ac 8:2
- ^ Ac 2:2
- ^ Ac 2:12
- ^ Mt 26:73; Ac 1:11
- ^ 1Pe 1:1
- ^ Ac 18:2; 1Pe 1:1
- ^ Ac 6:9; 16:6; 19:10; 20:4; 21:27; 24:18; 27:2; Ro 16:5; 1Co 16:19; 2Co 1:8; 2Ti 1:15; Re 1:4
- ^ Ac 16:6; 18:23
- ^ Ac 13:13; 14:24; 15:38; 27:5
- ^ Mt 27:32
- ^ Ac 17:21
- ^ Mt 23:15
- ^ Ac 2:7
- ^ 1Co 14:23
- ^ Ac 1:26
- ^ 1Th 5:7
- ^ Jl 2:28-32
- ^ Ro 10:13
- ^ Ac 3:6; 4:10; 10:38
- ^ Jn 3:2
- ^ Jn 4:48; Ac 2:19, 43
- ^ Lu 22:22; Ac 3:18; 4:28; 1Pe 1:20
- ^ Mt 27:35; Mr 15:24; Lu 23:33; 24:20; Jn 19:18; Ac 3:13
- ^ Mt 28:5, 6; Mr 16:6; Lu 24:5, 6; Ac 2:32; 3:15, 26; 4:10; 5:30; 10:40; 13:30, 33, 34, 37; 17:31; Ro 4:24; 6:4; 8:11; 10:9; 1Co 6:14; 15:15; 2Co 4:14; Ga 1:1; Eph 1:20; Col 2:12; 1Th 1:10; Heb 13:20; 1Pe 1:21
- ^ Jn 20:9
- ^ Ps 16:8-11
- ^ Mt 11:23; Ac 2:31
- ^ Ac 13:35
- ^ Ac 7:8f; Heb 7:4
- ^ Ac 13:36
- ^ 1Ki 2:10
- ^ Ne 3:16
- ^ Mt 22:43
- ^ Ps 132:11; 2Sa 7:12f; Ps 89:3f
- ^ Mt 11:23; Ac 2:27
- ^ Ac 2:24; 3:15, 26; 4:10; 5:30; 10:40; 13:30, 33, 34, 37; 17:31; Ro 4:24; 6:4; 8:11; 10:9; 1Co 6:14; 15:15; 2Co 4:14; Ga 1:1; Eph 1:20; Col 2:12; 1Th 1:10; Heb 13:20; 1Pe 1:21
- ^ Ac 1:8
- ^ Mr 16:19; Ac 5:31
- ^ Ac 1:4
- ^ Jn 7:39; Ga 3:14
- ^ Ac 2:17; 10:45
- ^ Ps 110:1; Mt 22:44f
- ^ Eze 36:22, 32, 37; 45:6
- ^ Ac 2:23
- ^ Lu 2:11
- ^ Lu 3:10, 12, 14
- ^ Mr 1:15; Lu 24:47; Ac 3:19; 5:31; 20:21
- ^ Mr 16:16; Ac 8:12, 16; 22:16
- ^ Is 44:3; 54:13; 57:19; Jl 2:32; Ro 9:4; Eph 2:12
- ^ Eph 2:13, 17
- ^ Lu 16:28
- ^ De 32:5; Mt 17:17; Pp 2:15
- ^ Ac 3:23; 7:14; 27:37; Ro 13:1; 1Pe 3:20; Re 16:3
- ^ Ac 1:14
- ^ Lu 24:30; Ac 2:46; 20:7; 1Co 10:16
- ^ Ac 1:14
- ^ Ac 2:22
- ^ Ac 4:32, 37; 5:2
- ^ Mt 19:21; Ac 4:34
- ^ Ac 5:42
- ^ Lu 24:30; Ac 2:42; 20:7; 1Co 10:16
- ^ Ac 5:13
- ^ Ac 2:41; 4:4; 5:14; 6:1, 7; 9:31, 35, 42; 11:21, 24; 14:1, 21; 16:5; 17:12
- ^ 1Co 1:18
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