Part 2

001:024 And the brethren prayed, saying, "Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, show clearly which of these two Thou hast chosen

001:025 to occupy the place in this ministry and Apostleship from which Judas through transgression fell, in order to go to his own place."

001:026 Then they drew lots between them. The lot fell on Matthias, and a place among the eleven Apostles was voted to him.

002:001 At length, on the day of the Harvest Festival, they had all met in one place;

002:002 when suddenly there came from the sky a sound as of a strong rushing blast of wind. This filled the whole house where they were sitting;

002:003 and they saw tongues of what looked like fire distributing themselves over the assembly, and on the head of each person a tongue alighted.

002:004 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in foreign languages according as the Spirit gave them words to utter.

002:005 Now there were Jews residing in Jerusalem, devout men from every part of the world.

002:006 So when this noise was heard, they came crowding together, and were amazed because everyone heard his own language spoken.

002:007 They were beside themselves with wonder, and exclaimed, "Are not all these speakers Galilaeans?

002:008 How then does each of us hear his own native language spoken by them?

002:009 Some of us are Parthians, Medes, Elamites. Some are inhabitants of Mesopotamia, of Judaea or Cappadocia, of Pontus or the Asian Province, of Phrygia or Pamphylia,

002:010 of Egypt or of the parts of Africa towards Cyrene. Others are visitors from Rome--being either Jews or converts from heathenism--and others are Cretans or Arabians.

002:011 Yet we all alike hear these Galilaeans speaking in our own language about the wonderful things which God has done."

002:012 They were all astounded and bewildered, and asked one another, "What can this mean?"

002:013 But others, scornfully jeering, said, "They are brim-full of sweet wine."

002:014 Peter however, together with the Eleven, stood up and addressed them in a loud voice. "Men of Judaea, and all you inhabitants of Jerusalem," he said, "be in no uncertainty about this matter but pay attention to what I say.

002:015 For this is not intoxication, as you suppose, it being only the third hour of the day.

002:016 But that which was predicted through the Prophet Joel has happened:

002:017 "And it shall come to pass in the last days, God says, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all mankind; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall have dreams;

002:018 and even upon My bondservants, both men and women, at that time, I will pour out My Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

002:019 I will display marvels in the sky above, and signs on the earth below, blood and fire, and pillars of smoke.

002:020 The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, to usher in the day of the Lord--that great and illustrious day;

002:021 and every one who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'

002:022 "Listen, Israelites, to what I say. Jesus, the Nazarene, a man accredited to you from God by miracles and marvels and signs which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know, Him--

002:023 delivered up through God's settled purpose and foreknowledge-- you by the hands of Gentiles have nailed to a cross and have put to death.

002:024 But God has raised Him to life, having terminated the throes of death, for in fact it was not possible for Him to be held fast by death.

002:025 For David says in reference to Him, "`I constantly fixed my eyes upon the Lord, because He is at my right hand in order that I may continue unshaken.