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The Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 2
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And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with
one accord in one place.
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And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty
wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
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And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and
it sat upon each of them.
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And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak
with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of
every nation under heaven.
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Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and
were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own
language.
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And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another,
Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
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And how hear we
every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
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Parthians, and
Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea,
and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
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Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in
Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome,
Jews and proselytes,
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Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak
in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
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And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to
another, What meaneth this?
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Others mocking said, These men are
full of new wine.
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But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and
said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem,
be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
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For these are
not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the
day.
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But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
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Andit shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of
my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall
dream dreams:
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And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will
pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
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And
I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath;
blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
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The sun shall be turned
into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable
day of the Lord come:
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And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
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Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man
approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God
did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
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Him,
being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God,
ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
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Whom
God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was
not possible that he should be holden of it.
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For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always
before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be
moved:
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Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;
moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
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Because thou wilt not
leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see
corruption.
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Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me
full of joy with thy countenance.
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Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch
David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us
unto this day.
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Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an
oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh,
he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
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He seeing this
before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left
in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
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This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
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Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having
received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed
forth this, which ye now see and hear.
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For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself,
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
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Until I
make thy foes thy footstool.
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Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God
hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and
Christ.
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Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and
said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren,
what shall we do?
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Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be
baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all
that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
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And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save
yourselves from this untoward generation.
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Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the
same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
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And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and
fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
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And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were
done by the apostles.
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And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
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And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men,
as every man had need.
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And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and
breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness
and singleness of heart,
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Praising God, and having favour with all
the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be
saved.
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