{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/wnt/acts/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:34:24.627Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WNT","book":"Acts","bookSlug":"acts","chapter":2,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":28,"totalVerses":47},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"At length, on the day of the Harvest Festival, they had all met in one place;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"when suddenly there came from the sky a sound as of a strong rushing blast of wind. This filled the whole house where they were sitting;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and they saw tongues of what looked like fire  distributing themselves over the assembly, and on the head of each person a tongue alighted."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak  in foreign languages according as the Spirit gave them words to utter."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Now there were Jews  residing in Jerusalem, devout men from every part of the world."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"So when  this noise was heard, they came crowding together, and were amazed because everyone heard his own language spoken."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They were beside themselves with wonder, and exclaimed, |Are not all these speakers Galilaeans?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"How then does each of us hear his own native language spoken by them?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Some of us are  Parthians, Medes, Elamites. Some are  inhabitants of Mesopotamia, of Judaea or Cappadocia, of Pontus or  the Asian Province, of Phrygia or Pamphylia,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"of Egypt or of the parts of Africa towards Cyrene. Others are visitors from Rome--being either Jews or converts from heathenism--and others are Cretans or Arabians."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Yet we all alike hear these Galilaeans speaking in our own language about the wonderful things which God has done.|"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"They were all astounded and bewildered, and asked one another, |What can this mean?|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But others, scornfully jeering, said, |They are brim-full of  sweet wine.|"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Peter however, together with the Eleven, stood up and addressed them in a loud voice. |Men of Judaea, and all you inhabitants of Jerusalem,| he said, |be in no uncertainty about this matter but pay attention to what I say."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For this is not intoxication, as you suppose, it being only the  third hour of the day."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"But that which was predicted through the Prophet Joel has happened:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"|And it shall come to pass in  the last days, God says, that I will pour out  My Spirit upon all  mankind; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall have dreams;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"and even upon My bondservants, both men and women, at that time, I will pour out  My Spirit, and they shall prophesy."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"I will display marvels in the sky above, and signs on the earth below, blood and fire, and pillars of smoke."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, to usher in the day of the Lord--  that great and illustrious day;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"and every one who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"|Listen, Israelites, to what I say. Jesus, the Nazarene, a man accredited to you  from God by miracles and marvels and signs which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know, Him--"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"delivered up through God's settled purpose and foreknowledge--you by the hands of  Gentiles have nailed to a cross and have put to death."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"But God has raised Him to life, having   terminated the throes of death, for in fact it was not possible for Him to be held fast by death."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"For David says in reference to Him, |'I constantly fixed my eyes upon the Lord, because He is at my right hand in order that I may continue unshaken."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For this reason my heart  is glad and my tongue  exults. My body also  shall rest in hope."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"For Thou wilt not leave me in  the Unseen World forsaken, nor give up Thy holy One to undergo  decay."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Thou hast made known to me the ways of Life: Thou wilt fill me with gladness  in Thy presence.'"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"|As to the patriarch David, I need hardly remind you, brethren, that he died and was buried, and that we still have his tomb among us."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Being a Prophet, however, and knowing that God had solemnly sworn to him  to seat a descendant of his upon his throne,"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"with prophetic foresight he spoke of the resurrection of  the Christ, to the effect that He was not left forsaken in the Unseen World, nor did His body undergo decay."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"This Jesus, God has raised to life--  a fact to which all of us testify."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"|Being therefore lifted high  by the mighty hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out this which you  see and hear."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"For David  did not ascend into Heaven, but he says himself, |'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"until I make thy foes a footstool under thy feet.'"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"|Therefore let  the whole House of Israel know beyond all doubt that God has made Him both LORD and CHRIST--this Jesus whom you crucified.|"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"Stung to the heart by these words, they said to Peter and the rest of the Apostles, |Brethren, what are we to do?|"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"|Repent,| replied Peter, |and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ,  with a view to the remission of your sins, and you shall receive  the gift of the Holy Spirit."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"For to you belongs the promise, and to your children, and to all who are  far off, whoever the Lord our God  may call.|"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"And with many more appeals he solemnly warned and entreated them, saying,  |Escape from this crooked generation.|"},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Those, therefore, who joyfully welcomed his Message were baptized; and on that one day about three thousand persons were added to them;"},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"and they were constant in listening to the teaching of the Apostles and in their attendance at the  Communion, that is, the Breaking of the Bread, and  at prayer."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"Fear came upon every one, and many marvels and signs  were done by the Apostles."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"And all the believers kept together, and had everything in common."},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"They sold their  lands and other property, and distributed the proceeds among all, according to every one's necessities."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"And, day by day, attending constantly in the  Temple with one accord, and breaking bread  in private houses, they took their meals with great happiness and single-heartedness,"},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"praising God and being regarded with favour by all the people. Also, day by day, the Lord added  to their number those  whom He was saving."}],"citation":{"inline":"Acts 2 (WNT)","markdown":"[Acts 2](https://primebible.com/wnt/acts/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WNT. https://primebible.com/wnt/acts/2 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}