Acts 2:14–39

14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. 15 For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.1 16 But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:

17  p“‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares,

that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh,

and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

and your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams;

18  even on my male servants and female servants

in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

19  And I will show wonders in the heavens above

and signs on the earth below,

blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;

20  the qsun shall be turned to darkness

and the moon to blood,

before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.

21  And it shall come to pass that reveryone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— 23 this Jesus,2 delivered up according to the definite plan and sforeknowledge of God, tyou crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. 24 uGod vraised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was wnot possible for him to be held by it. 25 For David says concerning him,

x“‘I saw the Lord always before me,

for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;

26  therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;

my flesh also will dwell in hope.

27  For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,

or let your Holy One see corruption.

28  You have made known to me the paths of life;

you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

29 “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both ydied and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had zsworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, 31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are awitnesses. 33 Being therefore bexalted cat the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the dpromise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. 34 For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says,

e“‘The Lord said to my Lord,

“Sit at my fright hand,

35  until I make your enemies your footstool.”’

36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both gLord and hChrist, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

37 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, i“Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, j“Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the kforgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the lgift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and mfor your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God ncalls to himself.”

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Acts 3:12–26

12 And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk? 13 The aGod of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, bglorified his cservant1 Jesus, whom dyou delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when ehe had decided to release him. 14 But you denied the Holy and fRighteous One, and gasked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 and you killed the hAuthor of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are iwitnesses. 16 And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus2 has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.

17 “And now, brothers, I know that you acted in jignorance, as did also your rulers. 18 But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that khis lChrist would suffer, he thus fulfilled. 19 mRepent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be nblotted out, 20 that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may osend the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, 21 whom pheaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets qlong ago. 22 Moses said, r‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. 23 And it shall be that severy soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.’ 24 And all the prophets who have spoken, from tSamuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days. 25 You are the usons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, v‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’ 26 God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you wfirst, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”

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Acts 4:8–12

8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, bsaid to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, 9 if we are being examined today cconcerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the dname of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom eyou crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. 11 This Jesus1 is fthe stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the gcornerstone.2 12 And there is hsalvation in no one else, for there is no other iname under heaven given among men3 by which we must be saved.”

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2 View All Leviticus 19:27
ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]