Acts

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:

And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of 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:

But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.