Acts 2:1-28

Bishops(i) 1 And when the day of Pentecost was, they were all with one accorde in one place 2 And sodenly there came a sounde fro heauen, as it had ben the commyng of a mightie wynde, and it fylled all the house where they sate 3 And there appeared vnto them clouen tongues, lyke as they had ben of fyre, and it sate vpon eche one of them 4 And they were all fylled with the holy ghost, and began to speake with other tongues, as the spirite gaue them vtteraunce 5 There were dwellyng at Hierusalem, Iewes, deuout men, out of euery nation [of them] that are vnder heauen 6 When this was noysed about, the multitude came together and were astonnyed, because that euery man hearde them speake with his owne language 7 They wondred all, and marueyled, saying among themselues: Beholde, are not all these which speake, of Galilee 8 And howe heare we euery man his owne tongue, wherin we were borne 9 Parthians, and Medes, & Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Iurie, and in Capadocia, in Pontus and Asia 10 Phrygia, & Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parties of Lybia, which is besyde Cyrene, & straungers of Rome, Iewes and Proselytes 11 Cretes and Arabians: we haue hearde them speake in our tongues, the wonderfull workes of God 12 They were all amased, and wondred, saying one to another: What meaneth this 13 Other mocked, saying: These men are full of newe wyne 14 But Peter standyng foorth with the eleuen, lyft vp his voyce, and sayde vnto them: Ye men of Iurie, and all ye that dwell at Hierusalem, be this knowen vnto you, and with your eares heare my wordes 15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeyng it is but the thirde houre of the day 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophete Ioel 17 And it shalbe in the last dayes (sayth God) of my spirite I wyll powre out vpon all fleshe: And your sonnes and your daughters shall prophesie, and your young men shall see visions, and your olde men shall dreame dreames 18 And on my seruauntes, and on my handemaydens, I wyll powre out of my spirite in those dayes, and they shall prophesie 19 And I wyll shewe wonders in heauen aboue, and tokens in the earth beneath, blood, and fyre, and the vapour of smoke 20 The Sunne shalbe turned into darknesse, and the Moone into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come 21 And it shall come to passe, that whosoeuer shall call on the name of the Lorde, shalbe saued 22 Ye men of Israel, heare these wordes: Iesus of Nazareth, a man approued of God among you, with miracles, wonders, and signes, which God dyd by hym in the middes of you, as ye your selues also knowe 23 Hym haue ye taken, by the handes of vnryghteous persons, after he was deliuered by the determinate councell and foreknowledge of God, and haue crucified and slayne hym 24 Whom God hath raised vp, and loosed the sorowes of death, because it was vnpossible, that he shoulde be holden of it 25 For Dauid speaketh of hym, I sawe the Lorde alwayes set foorth before my face: for he is on my ryght hande, that I shoulde not be moued 26 Therfore dyd my heart reioyce, and my tongue was glad. Moreouer also my fleshe shall reste in hope 27 Because thou wylt not leaue my soule in hell, neither wylt thou suffer thyne holy one to see corruption 28 Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe, thou shalt make me full of ioy with thy countenaunce