Acts 2 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Day of Pentecost

2 When ^(A)the day of Pentecost ^[a]had come, they were all together in one place. ² And suddenly a noise like a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled ^(B)the whole house where they were sitting. ³ And tongues that looked like fire appeared to them, ^[b]distributing themselves, and a tongue ^[c]rested on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all ^(C)filled with the Holy Spirit and began to ^(D)speak with different ^[d]tongues, as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out.

⁵ Now there were Jews residing in Jerusalem, ^(E)devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And when ^(F)this sound occurred, the crowd came together and they were bewildered, because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own ^[e]language. ^{7 (G)}They were amazed and astonished, saying, “^[f]Why, are not all these who are speaking ^(H)Galileans? ⁸ And how is it that we each hear them in our own ^[g]language ^[h]to which we were born? ⁹ Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, and ^(I)Cappadocia, ^(J)Pontus and ^[i](K)Asia, ^{10 (L)}Phrygia and ^(M)Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya around ^(N)Cyrene, and ^[j](O)visitors from Rome, both Jews and ^[k](P)proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own ^[l]tongues of the mighty deeds of God.” ¹² And ^(Q)they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” ¹³ But others were jeering and saying, “^(R)They are full of ^[m]sweet wine!”

Peter’s Sermon

¹⁴ But Peter, taking his stand with ^(S)the other eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, ^[n]know this, and pay attention to my words. ¹⁵ For these people are not drunk, as you assume, ^(T)since it is only the ^[o]third hour of the day; ¹⁶ but this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:

¹⁷ ‘^(U)And it shall be in the last days,’ God says,
‘That I will pour out My Spirit on all ^[p]mankind;
And your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
And your young men will see visions,
And your old men will ^[q]have dreams;
¹⁸ And even on My male and female ^[r]servants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days,
And they will prophesy.
¹⁹ And I will ^[s]display wonders in the sky above
And signs on the earth below,
Blood, fire, and ^[t]vapor of smoke.
²⁰ The sun will be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood,
Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
²¹ And it shall be that ^(V)everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

²² “Men of Israel, listen to these words: ^(W)Jesus the Nazarene, ^(X)a Man ^[u]attested to you by God with ^[v]miracles and ^(Y)wonders and ^[w]signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know— ²³ this Man, delivered over by the ^(Z)predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, ^(AA)you nailed to a cross by the hands of ^[x]godless men and put Him to death. ^{24 [y]}But ^(AB)God raised Him from the dead, putting an end to the ^[z]agony of death, since it ^(AC)was impossible for Him to be held ^[aa]in its power. ²⁵ For David says of Him,

‘^(AD)I saw the Lord continually before me,
Because He is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken.
²⁶ Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue was overjoyed;
Moreover my flesh also will live in hope;
²⁷ For You will not abandon my soul to ^(AE)Hades,
^(AF)Nor will You ^[ab]allow Your ^[ac]Holy One to ^[ad]undergo decay.
²⁸ You have made known to me the ways of life;
You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.’

²⁹ “^[ae]Brothers, I may confidently say to you regarding the ^(AG)patriarch David that he both ^(AH)died and ^(AI)was buried, and ^(AJ)his tomb is ^[af]with us to this day. ³⁰ So because he was ^(AK)a prophet and knew that ^(AL)God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one ^[ag]of his descendants on his throne, ³¹ he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the ^[ah]Christ, that ^(AM)He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh ^[ai]suffer decay. ³² It is this Jesus whom ^(AN)God raised up, ^[aj]a fact to which we are all ^(AO)witnesses. ³³ Therefore, ^[ak]since He has been exalted ^[al](AP)at the right hand of God, and ^(AQ)has received ^(AR)the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He has ^(AS)poured out this which you both see and hear. ³⁴ For it was not David who ascended into ^[am]heaven, but he himself says:

‘^(AT)The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
³⁵ Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’

³⁶ Therefore let all the ^(AU)house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both ^(AV)Lord and ^[an]Christ—this Jesus ^(AW)whom you crucified.”

³⁷ Now when they heard this, they were ^[ao]pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “^[ap]Brothers, ^(AX)what are we to do?” ³⁸ Peter said to them, “^(AY)Repent, and each of you be ^(AZ)baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For ^(BA)the promise is for you and your children and for all who are ^(BB)far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” ⁴⁰ And with many other words he solemnly ^(BC)testified and kept on urging them, saying, “^[aq]Be saved from this ^(BD)perverse generation!” ⁴¹ So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand ^[ar](BE)souls. ⁴² They were ^(BF)continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to ^(BG)the breaking of bread and ^(BH)to ^[as]prayer.

^{43 [at]}Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many ^(BI)wonders and ^[au]signs were taking place through the apostles. ⁴⁴ And all the believers ^[av]were together and ^(BJ)had all things in common; ⁴⁵ and they ^(BK)would sell their property and possessions and share them with all, to the extent that anyone had need. ^{46 (BL)}Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and ^(BM)breaking bread ^[aw]from house to house, they were taking their ^[ax]meals together with gladness and ^[ay]sincerity of heart, ⁴⁷ praising God and ^(BN)having favor with all the people. And the Lord ^(BO)was adding to ^[az]their number day by day ^(BP)those who were being saved.

Footnotes

1. Acts 2:1 Lit was being fulfilled
2. Acts 2:3 Or being distributed, and
3. Acts 2:3 Or sat
4. Acts 2:4 Or languages
5. Acts 2:6 Or dialect
6. Acts 2:7 Lit Behold
7. Acts 2:8 Or dialect
8. Acts 2:8 Lit in
9. Acts 2:9 I.e., west coast province of Asia Minor
10. Acts 2:10 Lit the sojourning Romans
11. Acts 2:10 I.e., Gentile converts to Judaism
12. Acts 2:11 Or languages
13. Acts 2:13 I.e., new wine
14. Acts 2:14 Lit let this be known to you
15. Acts 2:15 I.e., 9 a.m.
16. Acts 2:17 Lit flesh
17. Acts 2:17 Lit dream with dreams
18. Acts 2:18 Or slaves
19. Acts 2:19 Lit give
20. Acts 2:19 I.e., like a volcanic eruption
21. Acts 2:22 Or exhibited; or accredited
22. Acts 2:22 Or works of power
23. Acts 2:22 I.e., confirming miracles
24. Acts 2:23 Lit men without the Law; i.e., pagan
25. Acts 2:24 Lit Whom God raised up
26. Acts 2:24 Lit birth pains
27. Acts 2:24 Lit by it
28. Acts 2:27 Lit give
29. Acts 2:27 Or Devout; or Pious
30. Acts 2:27 Lit see corruption
31. Acts 2:29 Lit Men, brothers
32. Acts 2:29 Lit among
33. Acts 2:30 Lit of the fruit of his loins
34. Acts 2:31 I.e., Messiah
35. Acts 2:31 Lit see corruption
36. Acts 2:32 Or of whom we
37. Acts 2:33 Or having been...having received
38. Acts 2:33 Or by
39. Acts 2:34 Lit the heavens
40. Acts 2:36 I.e., Messiah
41. Acts 2:37 Or wounded in conscience
42. Acts 2:37 Lit Men, brothers
43. Acts 2:40 Or Escape
44. Acts 2:41 I.e., persons
45. Acts 2:42 Lit the prayers
46. Acts 2:43 Lit fear was occurring to every soul
47. Acts 2:43 I.e., confirming miracles
48. Acts 2:44 One early ms does not contain were and and
49. Acts 2:46 Or in the various private homes
50. Acts 2:46 Lit food
51. Acts 2:46 Or simplicity
52. Acts 2:47 Lit the same

Cross references

1. Acts 2:1 : Lev 23:15f; Acts 20:16; 1 Cor 16:8
2. Acts 2:2 : Acts 4:31
3. Acts 2:4 : Matt 10:20; Acts 1:5, 8; 4:8, 31; 6:3, 5; 7:55; 8:17; 9:17; 11:15; 13:9, 52
4. Acts 2:4 : Mark 16:17; 1 Cor 12:10f; 14:21
5. Acts 2:5 : Luke 2:25; Acts 8:2
6. Acts 2:6 : Acts 2:2
7. Acts 2:7 : Acts 2:12
8. Acts 2:7 : Matt 26:73; Acts 1:11
9. Acts 2:9 : 1 Pet 1:1
10. Acts 2:9 : Acts 18:2; 1 Pet 1:1
11. Acts 2:9 : Acts 6:9; 16:6; 19:10; 20:4; 21:27; 24:18; 27:2; Rom 16:5; 1 Cor 16:19; 2 Cor 1:8; 2 Tim 1:15; Rev 1:4
12. Acts 2:10 : Acts 16:6; 18:23
13. Acts 2:10 : Acts 13:13; 14:24; 15:38; 27:5
14. Acts 2:10 : Matt 27:32
15. Acts 2:10 : Acts 17:21
16. Acts 2:10 : Matt 23:15
17. Acts 2:12 : Acts 2:7
18. Acts 2:13 : 1 Cor 14:23
19. Acts 2:14 : Acts 1:26
20. Acts 2:15 : 1 Thess 5:7
21. Acts 2:17 : Joel 2:28-32
22. Acts 2:21 : Rom 10:13
23. Acts 2:22 : Acts 3:6; 4:10; 10:38
24. Acts 2:22 : John 3:2
25. Acts 2:22 : John 4:48; Acts 2:19, 43
26. Acts 2:23 : Luke 22:22; Acts 3:18; 4:28; 1 Pet 1:20
27. Acts 2:23 : Matt 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:33; 24:20; John 19:18; Acts 3:13
28. Acts 2:24 : Matt 28:5, 6; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:5, 6; Acts 2:32; 3:15, 26; 4:10; 5:30; 10:40; 13:30, 33, 34, 37; 17:31; Rom 4:24; 6:4; 8:11; 10:9; 1 Cor 6:14; 15:15; 2 Cor 4:14; Gal 1:1; Eph 1:20; Col 2:12; 1 Thess 1:10; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 1:21
29. Acts 2:24 : John 20:9
30. Acts 2:25 : Ps 16:8-11
31. Acts 2:27 : Matt 11:23; Acts 2:31
32. Acts 2:27 : Acts 13:35
33. Acts 2:29 : Acts 7:8f; Heb 7:4
34. Acts 2:29 : Acts 13:36
35. Acts 2:29 : 1 Kin 2:10
36. Acts 2:29 : Neh 3:16
37. Acts 2:30 : Matt 22:43
38. Acts 2:30 : Ps 132:11; 2 Sam 7:12f; Ps 89:3f
39. Acts 2:31 : Matt 11:23; Acts 2:27
40. Acts 2:32 : Acts 2:24; 3:15, 26; 4:10; 5:30; 10:40; 13:30, 33, 34, 37; 17:31; Rom 4:24; 6:4; 8:11; 10:9; 1 Cor 6:14; 15:15; 2 Cor 4:14; Gal 1:1; Eph 1:20; Col 2:12; 1 Thess 1:10; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 1:21
41. Acts 2:32 : Acts 1:8
42. Acts 2:33 : Mark 16:19; Acts 5:31
43. Acts 2:33 : Acts 1:4
44. Acts 2:33 : John 7:39; Gal 3:14
45. Acts 2:33 : Acts 2:17; 10:45
46. Acts 2:34 : Ps 110:1; Matt 22:44f
47. Acts 2:36 : Ezek 36:22, 32, 37; 45:6
48. Acts 2:36 : Acts 2:23
49. Acts 2:36 : Luke 2:11
50. Acts 2:37 : Luke 3:10, 12, 14
51. Acts 2:38 : Mark 1:15; Luke 24:47; Acts 3:19; 5:31; 20:21
52. Acts 2:38 : Mark 16:16; Acts 8:12, 16; 22:16
53. Acts 2:39 : Is 44:3; 54:13; 57:19; Joel 2:32; Rom 9:4; Eph 2:12
54. Acts 2:39 : Eph 2:13, 17
55. Acts 2:40 : Luke 16:28
56. Acts 2:40 : Deut 32:5; Matt 17:17; Phil 2:15
57. Acts 2:41 : Acts 3:23; 7:14; 27:37; Rom 13:1; 1 Pet 3:20; Rev 16:3
58. Acts 2:42 : Acts 1:14
59. Acts 2:42 : Luke 24:30; Acts 2:46; 20:7; 1 Cor 10:16
60. Acts 2:42 : Acts 1:14
61. Acts 2:43 : Acts 2:22
62. Acts 2:44 : Acts 4:32, 37; 5:2
63. Acts 2:45 : Matt 19:21; Acts 4:34
64. Acts 2:46 : Acts 5:42
65. Acts 2:46 : Luke 24:30; Acts 2:42; 20:7; 1 Cor 10:16
66. Acts 2:47 : Acts 5:13
67. Acts 2:47 : Acts 2:41; 4:4; 5:14; 6:1, 7; 9:31, 35, 42; 11:21, 24; 14:1, 21; 16:5; 17:12
68. Acts 2:47 : 1 Cor 1:18