Acts 2
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Acts 2:14-40

14But PeterG4074, 1takingG2476 his standG2476 with 2the 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, 3for it is only the 4thirdG5154 hourG5610 of the dayG2250; 16but thisG3778 is what was spokenG3004 of throughG1223 the prophetG4396 JoelG2493:17‘5And it shall be in the lastG2078 daysG2250,’ GodG2316 saysG3004, ‘That I will pourG1632 forthG1632 of My SpiritG4151 on allG3956 6mankindG4561; 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 prophesyG4395.19And I will grantG1325 wondersG5059 in the skyG3772 aboveG507 And signsG4592 on the earthG1093 belowG2736, BloodG129, and fireG4442, and vaporG822 of smokeG2586.20The sunG2246 will be turnedG3344 into darknessG4655 And the moonG4582 into bloodG129, BeforeG4250 the greatG3173 and gloriousG2016 dayG2250 of the LordG2962 shall comeG2064.21And it shall be that 7everyoneG3956 whoG3739 callsG1941 on the nameG3686 of the LordG2962 will be savedG4982.’

22“MenG435 of IsraelG2475, listenG191 to theseG3778 wordsG3056: 8JesusG2424 the NazareneG3480, 9a manG435 10attestedG584 to you by GodG2316 with 11miraclesG1411 and 12wondersG5059 and 13signsG4592 whichG3739 GodG2316 performedG4160 throughG1223 Him in your midstG3319, justG2531 as you yourselvesG846 knowG3609-- 23thisG3778 Man, deliveredG1560 over by the 14predeterminedG3724 planG1012 and foreknowledgeG4268 of GodG2316, 15you nailedG4362 to a crossG4362 by the handsG5495 of 16godlessG459 menG459 and putG337 Him to deathG337. 2417But 18GodG2316 raisedG450 Him up againG450, puttingG3089 an endG3089 to the 19agonyG5604 of deathG2288, sinceG2530 it 20was impossibleG3756G1415 for Him to be heldG2902 21in its powerG5259. 25For DavidG1160 saysG3004 of Him, ‘22I sawG4308 the LordG2962 alwaysG1223G3956 in my presenceG1799; For He is at my rightG1188 handG1188, soG2443 that I will not be shakenG4531.26ThereforeG1223G3778 my heartG2588 was gladG2165 and my tongueG1100 exultedG21; MoreoverG2089G1161 my fleshG4561 alsoG2532 will liveG2681 in hopeG1680;27BecauseG3754 You will not abandonG1459 my soulG5590 to 23HadesG86, 24NorG3761 25allowG1325 Your 26HolyG3741 OneG3741 to 27undergoG3708 decayG1312.28You have madeG1107 knownG1107 to me the waysG3598 of lifeG2222; You will makeG4137 me fullG4137 of gladnessG2167 with Your presenceG4383.’

29“28BrethrenG435G80, I mayG1832 confidentlyG3954 sayG3004 to you regardingG4012 the 29patriarchG3966 DavidG1160 that he bothG2532 30diedG5053 and 31was buriedG2290, and 32his tombG3418 is 33with us to thisG3778 dayG2250. 30And soG3767, because he was 34a prophetG4396 and knewG3609 that 35GodG2316 had swornG3660 to him with an oathG3727 to seatG2523 one 36of his descendantsG2590G3751 on his throneG2362, 31he lookedG4275 aheadG4275 and spokeG2980 of the resurrectionG386 of 37the ChristG5547, that 38He was neitherG3777 abandonedG1459 to HadesG86, norG3777 did His fleshG4561 39sufferG3708 decayG1312. 32ThisG3778 JesusG2424 40GodG2316 raisedG450 up againG450, to whichG3739 we are allG3956 41witnessesG3144. 33ThereforeG3767 having been exaltedG5312 4243to the rightG1188 handG1188 of GodG2316, and 44having receivedG2983 from the FatherG3962 45the promiseG1860 of the HolyG40 SpiritG4151, He has 46pouredG1632 forthG1632 thisG3778 whichG3739 you bothG2532 seeG991 and hearG191. 34For it was not DavidG1160 who ascendedG305 into 47heavenG3772, but he himselfG846 saysG3004: ‘48The LordG2962 saidG3004 to my LordG2962, “SitG2521 at My rightG1188 handG1188,35UntilG2193 I makeG5087 Your enemiesG2190 a footstoolG5286 for Your feetG4228.”’ 36ThereforeG3767 let allG3956 the 49houseG3624 of IsraelG2274 knowG1097 for certainG806 that GodG2316 has madeG4160 Him bothG2532 50LordG2962 and 51ChristG5547--thisG3778 JesusG2424 52whomG3739 you crucifiedG4717.”

37NowG1161 when they heardG191 this, they were 53piercedG2660 to the heartG2588, and saidG3004 to PeterG4074 and the restG3062 of the apostlesG652, “54BrethrenG435G80, 5556whatG5101 shall we doG4160?” 38PeterG4074 said to them, “57RepentG3340, and eachG1538 of you be 58baptizedG907 in the nameG3686 of JesusG2424 ChristG5547 for the forgivenessG859 of your sinsG266; and you will receiveG2983 the giftG1431 of the HolyG40 SpiritG4151. 39For 59the promiseG1860 is for you and your childrenG5043 and for allG3956 whoG3588 are 60farG3112 offG3112, as manyG3745 as the LordG2962 our GodG2316 will callG4341 to Himself.” 40And with manyG4183 otherG2087 wordsG3056 he solemnlyG1263 61testifiedG1263 and kept on exhortingG3870 them, sayingG3004, “62Be savedG4982 from thisG3778 63perverseG4646 generationG1074!”

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 2:14 Or being put forward as spokesman ↩
  2. 2. Acts 2:14 Acts 1:26 ↩
  3. 3. Acts 2:15 1 Thess 5:7 ↩
  4. 4. Acts 2:15 I.e. 9 a.m. ↩
  5. 5. Acts 2:17 Joel 2:28-32 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 2:17 Lit flesh ↩
  7. 7. Acts 2:21 Rom 10:13 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 2:22 Acts 3:6; 4:10; 10:38 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 2:22 John 3:2 ↩
  10. 10. Acts 2:22 Or exhibited or accredited ↩
  11. 11. Acts 2:22 Or works of power ↩
  12. 12. Acts 2:22 John 4:48; Acts 2:19, 43 ↩
  13. 13. Acts 2:22 Or attesting miracles ↩
  14. 14. Acts 2:23 Luke 22:22; Acts 3:18; 4:28; 1 Pet 1:20 ↩
  15. 15. Acts 2:23 Matt 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:33; 24:20; John 19:18; Acts 3:13 ↩
  16. 16. Acts 2:23 Lit men without the Law; i.e. pagan ↩
  17. 17. Acts 2:24 Lit Whom God raised up ↩
  18. 18. Acts 2:24 Matt 28:5, 6; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:5, 6; Acts 2:32; 3:15, 26; 4:10; 5:30; 10:40; 13:30, 33, 34, 37; 17:31; Rom 4:24; 6:4; 8:11; 10:9; 1 Cor 6:14; 15:15; 2 Cor 4:14; Gal 1:1; Eph 1:20; Col 2:12; 1 Thess 1:10; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 1:21 ↩
  19. 19. Acts 2:24 Lit birth pains ↩
  20. 20. Acts 2:24 John 20:9 ↩
  21. 21. Acts 2:24 Lit by it ↩
  22. 22. Acts 2:25 Ps 16:8-11 ↩
  23. 23. Acts 2:27 Matt 11:23; Acts 2:31 ↩
  24. 24. Acts 2:27 Acts 13:35 ↩
  25. 25. Acts 2:27 Lit give ↩
  26. 26. Acts 2:27 Or devout or pious ↩
  27. 27. Acts 2:27 Lit see corruption ↩
  28. 28. Acts 2:29 Lit Men brothers ↩
  29. 29. Acts 2:29 Acts 7:8f; Heb 7:4 ↩
  30. 30. Acts 2:29 Acts 13:36 ↩
  31. 31. Acts 2:29 1 Kin 2:10 ↩
  32. 32. Acts 2:29 Neh 3:16 ↩
  33. 33. Acts 2:29 Lit among ↩
  34. 34. Acts 2:30 Matt 22:43 ↩
  35. 35. Acts 2:30 Ps 132:11; 2 Sam 7:12f; Ps 89:3f ↩
  36. 36. Acts 2:30 Lit of the fruit of his loins ↩
  37. 37. Acts 2:31 I.e. the Messiah ↩
  38. 38. Acts 2:31 Matt 11:23; Acts 2:27 ↩
  39. 39. Acts 2:31 Lit see corruption ↩
  40. 40. Acts 2:32 Acts 2:24; 3:15, 26; 4:10; 5:30; 10:40; 13:30, 33, 34, 37; 17:31; Rom 4:24; 6:4; 8:11; 10:9; 1 Cor 6:14; 15:15; 2 Cor 4:14; Gal 1:1; Eph 1:20; Col 2:12; 1 Thess 1:10; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 1:21 ↩
  41. 41. Acts 2:32 Acts 1:8 ↩
  42. 42. Acts 2:33 Or by ↩
  43. 43. Acts 2:33 Mark 16:19; Acts 5:31 ↩
  44. 44. Acts 2:33 Acts 1:4 ↩
  45. 45. Acts 2:33 John 7:39; Gal 3:14 ↩
  46. 46. Acts 2:33 Acts 2:17; 10:45 ↩
  47. 47. Acts 2:34 Lit the heavens ↩
  48. 48. Acts 2:34 Ps 110:1; Matt 22:44f ↩
  49. 49. Acts 2:36 Ezek 36:22, 32, 37; 45:6 ↩
  50. 50. Acts 2:36 Acts 2:23 ↩
  51. 51. Acts 2:36 I.e. Messiah ↩
  52. 52. Acts 2:36 Luke 2:11 ↩
  53. 53. Acts 2:37 Or wounded in conscience ↩
  54. 54. Acts 2:37 Lit Men brothers ↩
  55. 55. Acts 2:37 Or what are we to do ↩
  56. 56. Acts 2:37 Luke 3:10, 12, 14 ↩
  57. 57. Acts 2:38 Mark 1:15; Luke 24:47; Acts 3:19; 5:31; 20:21 ↩
  58. 58. Acts 2:38 Mark 16:16; Acts 8:12, 16; 22:16 ↩
  59. 59. Acts 2:39 Is 44:3; 54:13; 57:19; Joel 2:32; Rom 9:4; Eph 2:12 ↩
  60. 60. Acts 2:39 Eph 2:13, 17 ↩
  61. 61. Acts 2:40 Luke 16:28 ↩
  62. 62. Acts 2:40 Or Escape ↩
  63. 63. Acts 2:40 Deut 32:5; Matt 17:17; Phil 2:15 ↩

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