¹And as the day of Pentecost was coming to an end, they were all of one mind together. ²And suddenly a noise from heaven came like a strong driving blast, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³And parting tongues appeared to them, as if of fire, and one rested on each one of them. ⁴And all were filled with holy spirit, and they began to speak in other tongues according to what the spirit gave them to utter. ⁵And there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶And when this noise had passed, the crowd gathered and was confused, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect. ⁷And all were astonished, and they marvelled and said to each other, “Look at this – aren't all these Galileans who are speaking? ⁸So how come each of us hears in our own dialect in which we were born? ⁹Parthians and Medes and Elamites and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya around Cyrene, and Romans away from home, both Jews and proselytes, ¹¹Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking the magnificent things of God in our own languages.” ¹²And all were astonished and were at a loss, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?” ¹³But others, jeering, said, “They are full of new wine.” ¹⁴But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them as follows: “Men, Jews and all dwellers of Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give ear to my words. ¹⁵For these men are not drunk as you suppose, seeing it is the third hour of the day. ¹⁶But this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel:

Says God,

And they will prophesy.

²²You Israelite men, hear these words. Jesus the Nazarene, a man from God demonstrated to you by acts of power and miracles and signs which God performed through him in your midst, as you yourselves also know – ²³him, delivered up by the deliberate plan and foreknowledge of God, you took and through lawless hands crucified and killed, ²⁴whom God raised up, abolishing the pains of death, as it was not possible for him to be held by it. ²⁵For David speaks with reference to him, ²⁹Men and brothers, I may speak to you frankly about the patriarch David – indeed that he died and was buried and his tomb is among us to this day. ³⁰Now since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him by an oath that he would raise up the Christ from the fruit of his loins according to the flesh to sit on his throne, ³¹foreseeing this, he spoke about the resurrection of Christ: that his being was not left in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay. ³²God raised up this Jesus, of whom all of us are witnesses. ³³So being exalted at the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the holy spirit from the father, he poured out this which you now see and hear. ³⁴For David has not ascended into the heavens, but he himself says, ³⁶So let the whole house of Israel certainly know that God has made him both Lord and Christ – that is, this Jesus, whom you crucified.” ³⁷And when they heard this, they were pierced in their hearts, and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What shall we do, men and brothers?” ³⁸Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the holy spirit. ³⁹For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all those who are far away, whomever the Lord our God calls to himself.” ⁴⁰And with very many other words he would testify solemnly and exhort them, saying, “Be saved from this crooked generation.” ⁴¹So they gladly received his word and were baptized, and on that day about three thousand people were added to their number. ⁴²And they continued resolutely in the teaching of the apostles and in fellowship, and in the breaking of the bread and in prayers. ⁴³And fear came upon every soul, and many miracles and signs were performed through the apostles. ⁴⁴And all the believers were in the same place, and they had everything in common, ⁴⁵and they sold their possessions and belongings and distributed them to everyone according to whatever anyone needed. ⁴⁶And they resolutely continued daily in unanimity in the temple, breaking bread from house to house, partaking of food with gladness and plainness of heart, ⁴⁷praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord would add to the church those who became saved daily.

Reference(s) in Chapter 2: v.17 ↔ Joel 3:1^MT (Joel 2:28^AV) ● v.18 ↔ Joel 3:2^MT (Joel 2:29^AV) ● v.19 ↔ Joel 3:3^MT (Joel 2:30^AV) ● v.20 ↔ Joel 3:4^MT (Joel 2:31^AV), Joel 4:15^MT (Joel 3:15^AV) ● v.21 ↔ Joel 3:5^MT (Joel 2:32^AV) ● v.25 ↔ Psalm 16:8 ● v.26 ↔ Psalm 16:9 ● v.27 ↔ Psalm 16:10 ● v.28 ↔ Psalm 16:11 ● v.30 ↔ 2 Samuel 7:12, 1 Chronicles 17:11, Psalm 89:37^MT (Psalm 89:36^AV) ● v.31 ↔ Psalm 16:10 ● v.34 ↔ Psalm 110:1 ● v.35 ↔ Psalm 110:1.