Act 2:14-42, 10:34-43, 15:7 | ESV | STEP | But Peter , standing with the eleven , lifted up his voice and addressed them : Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem , let this be known to you , and give ear to my words .

14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. 15 For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, ^asince it is only the third hour of the day. ^{▼▼That is, 9 a.m.} 16 But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:

17 ^c“‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares,
^dthat I will pour out my Spirit ^eon all flesh,
and your sons and ^fyour daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams;
18 even on my male servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants; twice in this verse} and female servants
in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and ^hthey shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;
20 ⁱthe sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before ^jthe day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.
21 And it shall come to pass that ^keveryone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, ^la man attested to you by God ^mwith ⁿmighty works and wonders and signs that ^oGod did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— 23 this Jesus, ^{▼▼Greek this one} ^qdelivered up according to ^rthe definite plan and ^sforeknowledge of God, ^tyou crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. 24 ^uGod raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because ^vit was not possible for him to be held by it. 25 For David says concerning him,

^w“‘I saw the Lord always before me,
for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;
26 therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;
my flesh also will dwell ^xin hope.
27 For you will not abandon my soul to ^yHades,
^zor let your ^aaHoly One ^absee corruption.
28 You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’
29 “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about ^acthe patriarch David ^adthat he both died and ^aewas buried, and ^afhis tomb is with us to this day. 30 ^agBeing therefore a prophet, and knowing that ^ahGod had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, 31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that ^aihe was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus ^ajGod raised up, ^akand of that we all are witnesses. 33 ^alBeing therefore ^amexalted at the right hand of God, and having received from ^anthe Father ^aothe promise of the Holy Spirit, ^aphe has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. 34 For ^aqDavid did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says,

^ar“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
35 until I make your enemies your footstool.”’
36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that ^asGod has made him ^atboth Lord and Christ, this Jesus ^auwhom you crucified.”

37 Now when ^avthey heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, ^awwhat shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, ^ax“Repent and ^aybe baptized every one of you ^azin the name of Jesus Christ ^bafor the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive ^bbthe gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For ^bcthe promise is for you and ^bdfor your children and for all ^bewho are far off, everyone ^bfwhom the Lord our God calls to himself.” 40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, ^bg“Save yourselves from this ^bhcrooked generation.” 41 So those who received his word were baptized, and ^bithere were added that day about three thousand souls.

The Fellowship of the Believers

42 And ^bjthey devoted themselves to the apostles’ ^bkteaching and the ^blfellowship, to ^bmthe breaking of bread and the prayers.

Acts 10:34-43

Gentiles Hear the Good News

34 So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that ^bnGod ^boshows no partiality, 35 but ^bpin every nation anyone who fears him and ^bqdoes what is right is acceptable to him. 36 As for ^brthe word that he sent to Israel, ^bspreaching good news of ^btpeace through Jesus Christ ( ^buhe is Lord of all), 37 you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, ^bvbeginning ^bwfrom Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: 38 how ^bxGod anointed Jesus of Nazareth ^bywith the Holy Spirit and with ^bzpower. He went about doing good and healing all ^cawho were oppressed by the devil, ^cbfor God was with him. 39 And ^ccwe are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. ^cdThey put him to death by hanging him on a tree, 40 but ^ceGod raised him on ^cfthe third day and made him to ^cgappear, 41 ^chnot to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as ^ciwitnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 And ^cjhe commanded us to preach to the people and to testify ^ckthat he is the one appointed by God to be judge ^clof the living and the dead. 43 ^cmTo him ^cnall the prophets bear witness that ^coeveryone who believes in him receives ^cpforgiveness of sins ^cqthrough his name.”

Acts 15:7

7 And after there had been much ^crdebate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, ^csthat by my mouth the Gentiles should hear ^ctthe word of ^cuthe gospel and believe.