Acts 2:1-21
2:1 When the day of Pentecost had
come, they were all together in one place.
2:2 And suddenly from heaven
there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire
house where they were sitting.
2:3 Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared
among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.
2:4 All of them were
filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit
gave them ability.
2:5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under
heaven living in Jerusalem.
2:6 And at this sound the crowd gathered and
was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of
each.
2:7 Amazed and astonished, they asked, "Are not all these who are
speaking Galileans?
2:8 And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our
own native language?
2:9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of
Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
2:10 Phrygia and
Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from
Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
2:11 Cretans and Arabs--in our own
languages we hear them speaking about God's deeds of power."
2:12 All
were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this
mean?"
2:13 But others sneered and said, "They are filled with new
wine."
2:14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and
addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known
to you, and listen to what I say.
2:15 Indeed, these are not drunk, as
you suppose, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning.
2:16 No, this is
what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
2:17 'In the last days it will
be, God declares, 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.
2:18 Even upon my slaves, both men and
women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall
prophesy.
2:19 And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on
the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
2:20 The sun shall be
turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord's great
and glorious day.
2:21 Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
shall be saved.'
John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
15:26 "When the Advocate
comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes
from the Father, he will testify on my behalf.
15:27 You also are to
testify because you have been with me from the beginning.
16:4b "I did
not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with
you.
16:5 But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me,
'Where are you going?'
16:6 But because I have said these things to you,
sorrow has filled your hearts.
16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it
is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will
not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
16:8 And when he
comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and
judgment:
16:9 about sin, because they do not believe in me;
16:10
about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no
longer;
16:11 about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been
condemned.
16:12 "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot
bear them now.
16:13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you
into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he
hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
16:14 He
will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to
you.
16:15 All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that
he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
