The Coming of the Holy Spirit

¹When fthe day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. ²And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like ga mighty rushing wind, and hit filled the entire house where they were sitting. ³And divided tongues ias of fire appeared to them and rested1 on each one of them. ⁴And they were all jfilled with the Holy Spirit and began kto speak in other tongues las the Spirit gave them utterance.

⁵Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶And mat this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. ⁷And nthey were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking oGalileans? ⁸And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? ⁹Parthians and pMedes and qElamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, ¹¹both Jews and rproselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” ¹²And sall were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” ¹³But others tmocking said, “They are filled with new wine.”

Peter's Sermon at Pentecost

¹⁴But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. ¹⁵For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, usince it is only the third hour of the day.2 ¹⁶But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:

¹⁷v“‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares,

wthat I will pour out my Spirit xon all flesh,

and your sons and yyour daughters shall prophesy,

and your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams;

¹⁸even on my male servants and female servants

in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and zthey shall prophesy.

¹⁹And I will show wonders in the heavens above

and signs on the earth below,

blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;

²⁰athe sun shall be turned to darkness

and the moon to blood,

before bthe day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.

²¹And it shall come to pass that ceveryone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

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