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Acts 2 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:1 - And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:2 - and there came suddenly out of the heaven a sound as of a bearing violent breath, and it filled all the house where they were sitting,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:3 - and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:4 - and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:5 - And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation of those under the heaven,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:6 - and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:7 - and they were all amazed, and did wonder, saying one unto another, 'Lo, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:8 - and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born?
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:9 - Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, in Judea also, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:10 - Phrygia also, and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya, that are along Cyrene, and the strangers of Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:11 - Cretes and Arabians, we did hear them speaking in our tongues the great things of God.'
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:12 - And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one unto another, 'What would this wish to be?'
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:13 - and others mocking said, -- 'They are full of sweet wine;'

Peter's Sermon

(Joe 2:28–32 )
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:14 - and Peter having stood up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and declared to them, 'Men, Jews! and all those dwelling in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and harken to my sayings,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:15 - for these are not drunken, as ye take it up, for it is the third hour of the day.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:16 - 'But this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:17 - And it shall be 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:18 - and also upon My men-servants, and upon My maid-servants, in those days, I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:19 - and I will give wonders in the heaven above, and signs upon the earth beneath -- blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:20 - the sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord -- the great and illustrious;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:21 - and it shall be, every one -- whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:22 - 'Men, Israelites! hear these words, Jesus the Nazarene, a man approved of God among you by mighty works, and wonders, and signs, that God did through him in the midst of you, according as also ye yourselves have known;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:23 - this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified -- ye did slay;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:24 - whom God did raise up, having loosed the pains of the death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:25 - for David saith in regard to him: I foresaw the Lord always before me -- because He is on my right hand -- that I may not be moved;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:26 - because of this was my heart cheered, and my tongue was glad, and yet -- my flesh also shall rest on hope,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:27 - because Thou wilt not leave my soul to hades, nor wilt Thou give Thy Kind One to see corruption;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:28 - Thou didst make known to me ways of life, Thou shalt fill me with joy with Thy countenance.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:29 - 'Men, brethren! it is permitted to speak with freedom unto you concerning the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is among us unto this day;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:30 - a prophet, therefore, being, and knowing that with an oath God did swear to him, out of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, to raise up the Christ, to sit upon his throne,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:31 - having foreseen, he did speak concerning the rising again of the Christ, that his soul was not left to hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:32 - 'This Jesus did God raise up, of which we are all witnesses;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:33 - at the right hand then of God having been exalted -- also the promise of the Holy Spirit having received from the Father -- he was shedding forth this, which now ye see and hear;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:34 - for David did not go up to the heavens, and he saith himself: The Lord saith to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:35 - till I make thy foes thy footstool;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:36 - assuredly, therefore, let all the house of Israel know, that both Lord and Christ did God make him -- this Jesus whom ye did crucify.'

The Ingathering

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:37 - And having heard, they were pricked to the heart; they say also to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, 'What shall we do, men, brethren?'
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:38 - and Peter said unto them, 'Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:39 - for to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.'
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:40 - Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, 'Be saved from this perverse generation;'
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:41 - then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:42 - and they were continuing stedfastly in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of the bread, and the prayers.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:43 - And fear came on every soul, many wonders also and signs were being done through the apostles,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:44 - and all those believing were at the same place, and had all things common,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:45 - and the possessions and the goods they were selling, and were parting them to all, according as any one had need.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:46 - Daily also continuing with one accord in the temple, breaking also at every house bread, they were partaking of food in gladness and simplicity of heart,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:47 - praising God, and having favour with all the people, and the Lord was adding those being saved every day to the assembly.
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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