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PENTECOST Acts 1:1-12; 2:1-42 TEXT Acts 1 1 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 until the day in which He was taken up,
after He through the Holy Spirit had given
commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen, 3 to whom He also presented Himself alive
after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty
days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. 4 And being assembled together with them, He
commanded them not to depart from 5 "for John truly baptized with water,
but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now." 6 Therefore, when they had come together, they
asked Him, saying, "Lord, will You at this time
restore the kingdom to 7 And He said to them, "It is not for you
to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 "But you shall receive power when the
Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in 9 Now when He had spoken these things, while
they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly toward
heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do
you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you
into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven." 12 Then they returned to (NKJV) Acts 2 1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come,
they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven,
as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were
sitting. 3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues,
as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy
Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them
utterance. 5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews,
devout men, from every nation under heaven. 6 And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone
heard them speak in his own language. 7 Then they were all amazed and marveled,
saying to one another, "Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? 8 "And how is it that we hear, each in
our own language in which we were born? 9 "Parthians
and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in 10 " 11 "Cretans and Arabs--we hear them
speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God." 12 So they were all amazed and perplexed,
saying to one another, "Whatever could this mean?" 13 Others mocking said, "They are full of
new wine." 14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven,
raised his voice and said to them, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in 15 "For these are not
drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. 16 "But this is what was spoken by the
prophet Joel: 17 'And it shall come to pass in the last
days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and
your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men
shall dream dreams. 18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And
they shall prophesy. 19 I will show wonders in heaven above And signs in the earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of
smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and
awesome day of the LORD. 21 And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.' 22 "Men of Israel, hear these words:
Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs
which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know-- 23 "Him, being delivered by the
determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands,
have crucified, and put to death; 24 "whom God raised
up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He
should be held by it. 25 "For David says concerning Him: 'I
foresaw the LORD always before my face, For He is at my right hand, that I may
not be shaken. 26 Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue
was glad; Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope. 27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. 28 You have made known to me the ways of life;
You will make me full of joy in Your presence.' 29 "Men and brethren, let me speak freely
to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is
with us to this day. 30 "Therefore, being a prophet, and
knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body,
according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, 31 "he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning
the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did
His flesh see corruption. 32 "This Jesus God has
raised up, of which we are all witnesses. 33 "Therefore being exalted to the right
hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy
Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. 34 "For David did not ascend into the
heavens, but he says himself: 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right
hand, 35 Till I make Your
enemies Your footstool."' 36 "Therefore let all the house of 37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the
heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren,
what shall we do?" 38 Then Peter
said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the
Holy Spirit. 39 "For
the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as
many as the Lord our God will call." 40 And with
many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from
this perverse generation." 41 Then those
who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand
souls were added to them. 42 And they
continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking
of bread, and in prayers. (NKJV) |