Acts 2:1–21
L: When the day of Pentecost came, the disciples were all together in one place.
2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and
filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be
tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them
were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the
Spirit enabled them.
5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation
under heaven. 6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in
bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
7 Utterly amazed, they asked:
C: Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? 8 Then how is it that
each of us hears them in his own native language?
L: 9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and
Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts
of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to
Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in
our own tongues!” 12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another,
C: “What does this mean?” 13 Some, however, made fun of them and said,
“They have had too much wine.”
L: 14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the
crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this
to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These men are not drunk, as you
suppose. It’s only nine in the morning!
16 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 17 ”‘In the last days, God
says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will
prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in
those days, and they will prophesy.
19 I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below,
blood and fire and billows of smoke. 20 The sun will be turned to darkness and
the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the
Lord. 21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’