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<span id="v51002009" class="ver">9</span>We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, <span id="v51002010" class="ver">10</span>Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya near Cyrene, as well as travelers from Rome, <span id="v51002011" class="ver">11</span>both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God.”<a id="ren51002011-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002011-f">f</a> <span id="v51002012" class="ver">12</span>They were all astounded and bewildered, and said to one another, “What does this mean?” <span id="v51002013" class="ver">13</span>But others said, scoffing, “They have had too much new wine.”<a id="ren51002013-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002013-g">g</a></p> <h1 class="bksect">II. <span class="ac">The Mission in Jerusalem</span></h1> <p class="paft"><span class="hemb">Peter’s Speech at Pentecost.</span> <span id="v51002014" class="ver">14</span><a id="rfn51002014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn51002014-1">*</a> Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed to them, “You who are Jews, indeed all of you staying in Jerusalem. Let this be known to you, and listen to my words. <span id="v51002015" class="ver">15</span>These people are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. <span id="v51002016" class="ver">16</span>No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v51002017" class="ver">17</span>‘It will come to pass in the last days,’ God says,</p> <p class="sl1">‘that I will pour out a portion of my spirit</p> <p class="sl1">upon all flesh.</p> <p class="sl">Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,</p> <p class="sl1">your young men shall see visions,</p> <p class="sl1">your old men shall dream dreams.<a id="ren51002017-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002017-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v51002018" class="ver">18</span>Indeed, upon my servants and my handmaids</p> <p class="sl1">I will pour out a portion of my spirit in those days,</p> <p class="sl2">and they shall prophesy.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v51002019" class="ver">19</span>And I will work wonders in the heavens above</p> <p class="sl1">and signs on the earth below:</p> <p class="sl2">blood, fire, and a cloud of smoke.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v51002020" class="ver">20</span>The sun shall be turned to darkness,</p> <p class="sl1">and the moon to blood,</p> <p class="sl2">before the coming of the great and splendid day of the Lord,</p> <p class="sll"><span id="v51002021" class="ver">21</span>and it shall be that everyone shall be saved who calls on the name of the Lord.’<a id="ren51002021-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002021-i">i</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v51002022" class="ver">22</span>You who are Israelites, hear these words. Jesus the Nazorean was a man commended to you by God with mighty deeds, wonders, and signs, which God worked through him in your midst, as you yourselves know.<a id="ren51002022-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002022-j">j</a> <span id="v51002023" class="ver">23</span>This man, delivered up by the set plan and foreknowledge of God, you killed, using lawless men to crucify him.<a id="ren51002023-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002023-k">k</a> <span id="v51002024" class="ver">24</span>But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death, because it was impossible for him to be held by it.<a id="ren51002024-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002024-l">l</a> <span id="v51002025" class="ver">25</span>For David says of him:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">‘I saw the Lord ever before me,<a id="ren51002025-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002025-m">m</a></p> <p class="sl1">with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v51002026" class="ver">26</span>Therefore my heart has been glad and my tongue has exulted;</p> <p class="sl1">my flesh, too, will dwell in hope,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v51002027" class="ver">27</span>because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld,</p> <p class="sl1">nor will you suffer your holy one to see corruption.<a id="ren51002027-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002027-n">n</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v51002028" class="ver">28</span>You have made known to me the paths of life;</p> <p class="sl1l">you will fill me with joy in your presence.’</p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v51002029" class="ver">29</span>My brothers, one can confidently say to you about the patriarch David that he died and was buried, and his tomb is in our midst to this day. <span id="v51002030" class="ver">30</span>But since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne,<a id="ren51002030-o" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002030-o">o</a> <span id="v51002031" class="ver">31</span>he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that neither was he abandoned to the netherworld nor did his flesh see corruption.<a id="ren51002031-p" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002031-p">p</a> <span id="v51002032" class="ver">32</span>God raised this Jesus; of this we are all witnesses. <span id="v51002033" class="ver">33</span>Exalted at the right hand of God,<a id="rfn51002033-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn51002033-1">*</a> he received the promise of the holy Spirit from the Father and poured it forth, as you [both] see and hear.<a id="ren51002033-q" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002033-q">q</a> <span id="v51002034" class="ver">34</span>For David did not go up into heaven, but he himself said:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">‘The Lord said to my Lord,</p> <p class="sl">“Sit at my right hand<a id="ren51002034-r" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002034-r">r</a></p> <p class="sl1l"><span id="v51002035" class="ver">35</span>until I make your enemies your footstool.” ’</p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v51002036" class="ver">36</span>Therefore let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.”<a id="ren51002036-s" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002036-s">s</a></p> <p><span id="v51002037" class="ver">37</span>Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they asked Peter and the other apostles, “What are we to do, my brothers?”<a id="ren51002037-t" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002037-t">t</a> <span id="v51002038" class="ver">38</span>Peter [said] to them, “Repent and be baptized,<a id="rfn51002038-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn51002038-1">*</a> every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit.<a id="ren51002038-u" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002038-u">u</a> <span id="v51002039" class="ver">39</span>For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will call.”<a id="ren51002039-v" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002039-v">v</a> <span id="v51002040" class="ver">40</span>He testified with many other arguments, and was exhorting them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”<a id="ren51002040-w" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002040-w">w</a> <span id="v51002041" class="ver">41</span>Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand persons were added that day.<a id="ren51002041-x" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002041-x">x</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Communal Life.<a id="rfn51002042-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn51002042-1">*</a></span> <span id="v51002042" class="ver">42</span><a id="ren51002042-y" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002042-y">y</a> They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers.<a id="ren51002042-z" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002042-z">z</a> <span id="v51002043" class="ver">43</span>Awe came upon everyone, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.<a id="ren51002043-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002043-a">a</a> <span id="v51002044" class="ver">44</span>All who believed were together and had all things in common;<a id="ren51002044-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51002044-b">b</a> <span id="v51002045" class="ver">45</span>they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all according to each one’s need. <span id="v51002046" class="ver">46</span>Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes. They ate their meals with exultation and sincerity of heart, <span id="v51002047" class="ver">47</span>praising God and enjoying favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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