2:17 ‘And in the last days 2 it will be,’ God says,
‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, 3
and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
and your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.
2:18 Even on my servants, 4 both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 5
2:19 And I will perform wonders in the sky 6 above
and miraculous signs 7 on the earth below,
blood and fire and clouds of smoke.
2:20 The sun will be changed to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the great and glorious 8 day of the Lord comes.
2:21 And then 9 everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ 10
2:22 “Men of Israel, 11 listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, 12 wonders, and miraculous signs 13 that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know – 2:23 this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed 14 by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles. 15 2:24 But God raised him up, 16 having released 17 him from the pains 18 of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power. 19 2:25 For David says about him,
‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, 20
for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.
2:26 Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced;
my body 21 also will live in hope,
2:27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, 22
nor permit your Holy One to experience 23 decay.
2:28 You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will make me full of joy with your presence.’ 24
2:29 “Brothers, 25 I can speak confidently 26 to you about our forefather 27 David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 2:30 So then, because 28 he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants 29 on his throne, 30 2:31 David by foreseeing this 31 spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, 32 that he was neither abandoned to Hades, 33 nor did his body 34 experience 35 decay. 36 2:32 This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it. 37 2:33 So then, exalted 38 to the right hand 39 of God, and having received 40 the promise of the Holy Spirit 41 from the Father, he has poured out 42 what you both see and hear. 2:34 For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,
‘The Lord said to my lord,
“Sit 43 at my right hand
2:35 until I make your enemies a footstool 44 for your feet.”’ 45
2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt 46 that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified 47 both Lord 48 and Christ.” 49
2:37 Now when they heard this, 50 they were acutely distressed 51 and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What should we do, brothers?” 2:38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized 52 in the name of Jesus Christ 53 for 54 the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 55 2:39 For the promise 56 is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.” 2:40 With many other words he testified 57 and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse 58 generation!” 2:41 So those who accepted 59 his message 60 were baptized, and that day about three thousand people 61 were added. 62
2:42 They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, 63 to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 64 2:43 Reverential awe 65 came over everyone, 66 and many wonders and miraculous signs 67 came about by the apostles. 2:44 All who believed were together and held 68 everything in common, 2:45 and they began selling 69 their property 70 and possessions and distributing the proceeds 71 to everyone, as anyone had need. 2:46 Every day 72 they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, 73 breaking bread from 74 house to house, sharing their food with glad 75 and humble hearts, 76 2:47 praising God and having the good will 77 of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day 78 those who were being saved.