Acts 2

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

On Pentecost The Spirit Empowers Them To Speak To The Crowd In Their Native Languages

2 And during the day of Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all together at the same place. ² And suddenly a noise from heaven like of a violent rushing wind took place, and filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³ And dividing^[a] tongues as-if of fire appeared to them. And it sat on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other tongues^[b] as the Spirit was giving^[c] the uttering^[d] to them. ⁵ Now there were Jews dwelling in Jerusalem, reverent men from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And this sound having taken place, the crowd came together and was confounded^[e] because they were each one hearing them speaking in his own language! ⁷ And they were astonished, and were marveling, saying “Behold, are not all these ones speaking Galileans? ⁸ And how is it we are each one hearing in our own language in which we were born?— ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites; and the ones dwelling-in Mesopotamia, and Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ and Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the regions of Libya toward Cyrene; and the Romans residing here; ¹¹ both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs; we are hearing them speaking the great^[f] things of God in our own tongues”. ¹² And they were all astonished and greatly-perplexed, saying one to another, “What does this mean?” ¹³ But others, while scoffing^[g], were saying that “They have been filled with sweet-new-wine”.

Peter Declares To The Crowd That This Event Is God Pouring Out His Promised Spirit

¹⁴ And Peter, having stood with the eleven, raised his voice and declared^[h] to them, “Men, Jews, and all the ones dwelling-in Jerusalem: let this be known to you, and pay-attention-to my words. ¹⁵ For these ones are not drunk, as you are assuming^[i]. For it is the third^[j] hour of the day. ¹⁶ But this is the thing having been spoken through the prophet Joel [in Joel 2:28-32]: ¹⁷ ‘And it shall be in the last days, God says, that I will pour-out from^[k] 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. ¹⁸ And^[l] indeed upon My male-slaves and upon My female-slaves I will pour-out from My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. ¹⁹ And I will give wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth below— blood, and fire and a vapor of smoke. ²⁰ The sun will be changed into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious^[m] day of the Lord comes. ²¹ And it shall be that everyone who calls-upon the name of the Lord will be saved’.

Listen Everyone: You Killed Jesus The Nazarene, But God Raised Him From The Dead

²² “Men, Israelites, listen-to these words: As to Jesus the Nazarene, a man having been attested by God to you with^[n] miracles and wonders and signs which God did through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know— ²³ this One, given-over^[o] by the determined^[p] purpose^[q] and foreknowledge of God, you killed, having fastened^[r] Him to a cross by the hand of Lawless ones, ²⁴ Whom God raised-up, having put-an-end-to^[s] the pains^[t] of death, because it was not possible that He be held-on-to by it.

David Predicted This. And Jesus Poured Out What You Both See And Hear

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. ²⁶ For this reason my heart was cheered and my tongue rejoiced-greatly. And furthermore, my flesh will also dwell in hope, ²⁷ because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor give^[u] Your holy One to see^[v] decay. ²⁸ You made the ways of life known to me. You will make me full of gladness with Your presence’. ²⁹ Men, brothers, it is proper to say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both came-to-an-end^[w] and was buried. And his tomb is with us to this day. 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, 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. ³² God raised up this Jesus, of which we are all witnesses. 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. 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 ³⁵ until I put Your enemies as a footstool of Your feet”’.

Therefore, Let All Israel Know That God Made Jesus Both Lord And Messiah

³⁶ “Therefore let all the house of Israel know with-certainty that God made Him both Lord and Christ— this Jesus Whom you crucified”.

Peter Urges The Crowd To Repent And Be Baptized. About 3,000 Respond

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?” ³⁸ And Peter says to them, “Repent, and let each of you be baptized on-the-basis-of ^[x] the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 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 ”. ⁴⁰ And he solemnly-testified with many other words, and was exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this crooked generation”. ⁴¹ So indeed, the ones having welcomed^[y] his word were baptized. And about three-thousand souls were added on that day.

Life In The First Church: The Apostles Teach and Do Miracles, Believers Learn And Love

⁴² Now they were devoting-themselves^[z] to the teaching of the apostles and to fellowship, to the breaking^[aa] of the bread and to prayers. ⁴³ And awe was taking place in every soul. And many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles. ⁴⁴ And all the ones believing were at the same^[ab] place, and were having all things common. ⁴⁵ And they were selling properties and possessions, and distributing them to all— as anyone was having a need. ⁴⁶ And while continuing daily with-one-accord in the temple and breaking bread^[ac] house by house, they were sharing-in food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 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.