Acts 2
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Acts 2:1-18

1WhenG1722 1the dayG2250 of PentecostG4005 2had comeG4845, they were allG3956 togetherG3674 in oneG846 place. 2And suddenlyG869 there cameG1096 from heavenG3772 a noiseG2279 likeG5618 a violentG972 rushingG5342 windG4157, and it filledG4137 3the wholeG3650 houseG3624 whereG3757 they were sittingG2521. 3And there appearedG3708 to them tonguesG1100 as of fireG4442 4distributingG1266 themselves, and 5they 6restedG2523 on eachG1538 oneG1520 of them. 4And they were allG3956 7filledG4092 with the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 and beganG757 to 8speakG2980 with otherG2087 9tonguesG1100, as the SpiritG4151 was givingG1325 them 10utteranceG669.

5NowG1161 there were JewsG2453 livingG2730 in JerusalemG2419, 11devoutG2126 menG435 from everyG3956 nationG1484 underG5259 heavenG3772. 6And when 12thisG3778 soundG5456 occurredG1096, the crowdG4128 cameG4905 togetherG4905, and were bewilderedG4797 becauseG3754 eachG1538 oneG1520 of them was hearingG191 them speakG2980 in his ownG2398 13languageG1258. 714They were amazedG1839 and astonishedG2296, sayingG3004, “15WhyG2400, are not allG3956 theseG3778 who are speakingG2980 16GalileansG1057? 8And howG4459 is it that we eachG1538 hearG191 them in our ownG2398 17languageG1258 18to whichG3739 we were bornG1080? 9ParthiansG3934 and MedesG3370 and ElamitesG1639, and residentsG2730 of MesopotamiaG3318, JudeaG2453 and 19CappadociaG2587, 20PontusG4195 and 2122AsiaG773, 1023PhrygiaG5435 and 24PamphyliaG3828, EgyptG125 and the districtsG3313 of LibyaG3033 aroundG2596 25CyreneG2957, and 2627visitorsG1927 from RomeG4514, bothG5037 JewsG2453 and 2829proselytesG4339, 11CretansG2912 and ArabsG690--we hearG191 them in our own tonguesG1100 speakingG2980 of the mightyG3167 deedsG3167 of GodG2316.” 12And 30they allG3956 continued in amazementG1839 and greatG1280 perplexityG1280, sayingG3004 to oneG243 anotherG243, “WhatG5101 does thisG3778 meanG2309G1510?” 13But othersG2087 were mockingG1315 and sayingG3004, “31They are fullG3325 of 32sweetG1098 wineG1098.”

14But PeterG4074, 33takingG2476 his standG2476 with 34the elevenG1733, raisedG1869 his voiceG5456 and declaredG669 to them: “MenG435 of JudeaG2453 and allG3956 you who liveG2730 in JerusalemG2419, let thisG3778 be knownG1110 to you and giveG1801 heedG1801 to my wordsG4487. 15For theseG3778 menG3778 are not drunkG3184, as you supposeG5274, 35for it is only the 36thirdG5154 hourG5610 of the dayG2250; 16but thisG3778 is what was spokenG3004 of throughG1223 the prophetG4396 JoelG2493:17‘37And it shall be in the lastG2078 daysG2250,’ GodG2316 saysG3004, ‘That I will pourG1632 forthG1632 of My SpiritG4151 on allG3956 38mankindG4561; And your sonsG5207 and your daughtersG2364 shall prophesyG4395, And your youngG3495 menG3495 shall seeG3708 visionsG3706, And your oldG4245 menG4245 shall dreamG1797 dreamsG1798;18EvenG2532 on My bondslavesG1401, both menG1401 and womenG1401, I will in thoseG1565 daysG2250 pourG1632 forthG1632 of My SpiritG4151 And they shall prophesyG4395.

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 2:1 Lev 23:15f; Acts 20:16; 1 Cor 16:8 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 2:1 Lit was being fulfilled ↩
  3. 3. Acts 2:2 Acts 4:31 ↩
  4. 4. Acts 2:3 Or being distributed ↩
  5. 5. Acts 2:3 Lit it ↩
  6. 6. Acts 2:3 Or sat ↩
  7. 7. Acts 2:4 Matt 10:20; Acts 1:5, 8; 4:8, 31; 6:3, 5; 7:55; 8:17; 9:17; 11:15; 13:9, 52 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 2:4 Mark 16:17; 1 Cor 12:10f; 14:21 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 2:4 Or languages ↩
  10. 10. Acts 2:4 Or ability to speak out ↩
  11. 11. Acts 2:5 Luke 2:25; Acts 8:2 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 2:6 Acts 2:2 ↩
  13. 13. Acts 2:6 Or dialect ↩
  14. 14. Acts 2:7 Acts 2:12 ↩
  15. 15. Acts 2:7 Lit Behold ↩
  16. 16. Acts 2:7 Matt 26:73; Acts 1:11 ↩
  17. 17. Acts 2:8 Or dialect ↩
  18. 18. Acts 2:8 Lit in ↩
  19. 19. Acts 2:9 1 Pet 1:1 ↩
  20. 20. Acts 2:9 Acts 18:2; 1 Pet 1:1 ↩
  21. 21. Acts 2:9 I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor ↩
  22. 22. Acts 2:9 Acts 6:9; 16:6; 19:10; 20:4; 21:27; 24:18; 27:2; Rom 16:5; 1 Cor 16:19; 2 Cor 1:8; 2 Tim 1:15; Rev 1:4 ↩
  23. 23. Acts 2:10 Acts 16:6; 18:23 ↩
  24. 24. Acts 2:10 Acts 13:13; 14:24; 15:38; 27:5 ↩
  25. 25. Acts 2:10 Matt 27:32 ↩
  26. 26. Acts 2:10 Lit the sojourning Romans ↩
  27. 27. Acts 2:10 Acts 17:21 ↩
  28. 28. Acts 2:10 I.e. Gentile converts to Judaism ↩
  29. 29. Acts 2:10 Matt 23:15 ↩
  30. 30. Acts 2:12 Acts 2:7 ↩
  31. 31. Acts 2:13 1 Cor 14:23 ↩
  32. 32. Acts 2:13 I.e. new wine ↩
  33. 33. Acts 2:14 Or being put forward as spokesman ↩
  34. 34. Acts 2:14 Acts 1:26 ↩
  35. 35. Acts 2:15 1 Thess 5:7 ↩
  36. 36. Acts 2:15 I.e. 9 a.m. ↩
  37. 37. Acts 2:17 Joel 2:28-32 ↩
  38. 38. Acts 2:17 Lit flesh ↩

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