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And when the day of Pentecost had come ,
they were all together 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 to them tongues ,
as of fire ,
which separated and came to rest upon each of them .
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And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit ,
and began to speak with other tongues ,
as the Spirit gave them utterance .
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And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews ,
devout men ,
out of every nation under heaven .
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Now when this sound was heard ,
the multitude came together ,
and were bewildered ,
because every one 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 who speak Galilaeans ?
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And how is it we each hear them in our own tongue ,
in the language to which we were born ?
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Parthians ,
and Medes ,
and Elamites ,
and 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 around Cyrene ,
and strangers from Rome ,
both Jews and proselytes ,
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Cretans and Arabs ,
we hear them speak in our tongues of the mighty works of God .
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And they were all amazed ,
and were in doubt ,
saying one to another ,
What does this mean ?
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Others said mockingly ,
These men are full of new wine .
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But Peter ,
standing up with the eleven ,
lifted up his voice ,
and said to them ,
You men of Judaea ,
and all you who live in Jerusalem ,
let this be known to you ,
and listen to my words :
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For these men are not drunk ,
as you suppose ,
for it is only the third hour of the day .
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But this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel ;
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And it shall come to pass in the last days ,
declares God ,
That I will pour out 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 in those days I will pour out my Spirit on my menservants and on my maidservants ;
and they shall prophesy :
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And I will show wonders in heaven above ,
and signs on 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 glorious day of the Lord shall come :
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And it shall come to pass ,
that whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved .
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You men of Israel ,
hear these words ;
Jesus of Nazareth ,
a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs ,
which God performed by him in your midst ,
as you yourselves know :
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This man ,
being delivered up by the definite plan and foreknowledge of God ,
you have taken ,
and by the hands of wicked men have crucified and slain .
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But God has raised him up ,
having freed him from the pains of death :
because it was not possible that he should be held by it .
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For David speaks of him ,
I saw the Lord always before my face ,
for he is on my right hand ,
that I should not be shaken :
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Therefore did my heart rejoice ,
and my tongue was glad ;
moreover my flesh shall also abide in hope :
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Because you will not leave my soul in Hades ,
neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay .
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You have made known to me the ways of life ;
you shall make me full of joy with your presence .
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Brethren ,
let me say confidently to you of the patriarch David ;
that he is both dead and buried ,
and his tomb is with us to this day .
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Therefore ,
being a prophet ,
and knowing that God had sworn with an oath that he would seat one of his descendants upon his throne ;
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He foresaw this and spoke of the resurrection of Christ ,
that his soul was not left in Hades ,
neither did his flesh see corruption .
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This Jesus God has raised up ,
of which we are all witnesses .
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Therefore ,
being exalted at the right hand of God ,
and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit ,
he has poured forth this ,
which you now see and hear .
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For David did not ascend into the heavens :
but he himself says ,
The LORD said to my Lord ,
Sit on my right hand ,
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Until I make your foes a footstool for your feet .
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Therefore ,
let all the house of Israel know assuredly ,
that God has made this Jesus ,
whom you crucified ,
both Lord and Christ .
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Now when they heard this ,
they were pricked to the heart ,
and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles ,
Brethren ,
what shall we do ?
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Then Peter said to them ,
Repent ,
and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins ,
and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit .
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For the promise is for you ,
and for your children ,
and for all who are far 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 them ,
saying ,
Save yourselves from this perverse generation .
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Then those who received his word were baptized :
and that same day there were added to their number about three thousand souls .