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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Acts 2 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/acts/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Acts 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/1.htm" title="Acts 1">◄</a> Acts 2 <a href="../acts/3.htm" title="Acts 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/acts/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Holy Spirit Comes</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>On the day of Pentecost<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> all the believers were meeting together in one place. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>At that time there were devout Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They were completely amazed. “How can this be?” they exclaimed. “These people are all from Galilee, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and yet we hear them speaking in our own native languages! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Here we are—Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the areas of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>(both Jews and converts to Judaism), Cretans, and Arabs. And we all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They stood there amazed and perplexed. “What can this mean?” they asked each other.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But others in the crowd ridiculed them, saying, “They’re just drunk, that’s all!”</p><p class="hdg">Peter Preaches to the Crowd</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then Peter stepped forward with the eleven other apostles and shouted to the crowd, “Listen carefully, all of you, fellow Jews and residents of Jerusalem! Make no mistake about this. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine o’clock in the morning is much too early for that. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>No, what you see was predicted long ago by the prophet Joel:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>‘In the last days,’ God says,</p><p class="line2">‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all people.</p><p class="line1">Your sons and daughters will prophesy.</p><p class="line2">Your young men will see visions,</p><p class="line2">and your old men will dream dreams.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>In those days I will pour out my Spirit</p><p class="line2">even on my servants—men and women alike—</p><p class="line2">and they will prophesy.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And I will cause wonders in the heavens above</p><p class="line2">and signs on the earth below—</p><p class="line2">blood and fire and clouds of smoke.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The sun will become dark,</p><p class="line2">and the moon will turn blood red</p><p class="line2">before that great and glorious day of the LORD arrives.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But everyone who calls on the name of the LORD</p><p class="line2">will be saved.’<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“People of Israel, listen! God publicly endorsed Jesus the Nazarene<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> by doing powerful miracles, wonders, and signs through him, as you well know. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But God knew what would happen, and his prearranged plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to a cross and killed him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But God released him from the horrors of death and raised him back to life, for death could not keep him in its grip. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>King David said this about him:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">‘I see that the LORD is always with me.</p><p class="line2">I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>No wonder my heart is glad,</p><p class="line2">and my tongue shouts his praises!</p><p class="line2">My body rests in hope.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For you will not leave my soul among the dead<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a></p><p class="line2">or allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>You have shown me the way of life,</p><p class="line2">and you will fill me with the joy of your presence.’<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“Dear brothers, think about this! You can be sure that the patriarch David wasn’t referring to himself, for he died and was buried, and his tomb is still here among us. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But he was a prophet, and he knew God had promised with an oath that one of David’s own descendants would sit on his throne. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>David was looking into the future and speaking of the Messiah’s resurrection. He was saying that God would not leave him among the dead or allow his body to rot in the grave.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“God raised Jesus from the dead, and we are all witnesses of this. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Now he is exalted to the place of highest honor in heaven, at God’s right hand. And the Father, as he had promised, gave him the Holy Spirit to pour out upon us, just as you see and hear today. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>For David himself never ascended into heaven, yet he said,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">‘The LORD said to my Lord,</p><p class="line2">“Sit in the place of honor at my right hand</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>until I humble your enemies,</p><p class="line2">making them a footstool under your feet.”’<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>“So let everyone in Israel know for certain that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, to be both Lord and Messiah!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Peter’s words pierced their hearts, and they said to him and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a>—all who have been called by the Lord our God.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Then Peter continued preaching for a long time, strongly urging all his listeners, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all.</p><p class="hdg">The Believers Form a Community</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">i</span></a>), and to prayer.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">j</span></a>— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/2-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">The Festival of Pentecost came 50 days after Passover (when Jesus was crucified).</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">in other tongues.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:17-21 </span><span class="ft">Joel 2:28-32.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Jesus of Nazareth.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:27 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">in Hades;</span><span class="ft"> also in 2:31.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:25-28 </span><span class="ft">Ps 16:8-11 (Greek version).</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:34-35 </span><span class="ft">Ps 110:1.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:39 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">and to people far in the future,</span><span class="ft"> or </span><span class="it">and to the Gentiles.</span><br><span class="fn">i</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:42 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">the breaking of bread;</span><span class="ft"> also in 2:46.</span><br><span class="fn">j</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:46 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">and sincere hearts.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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