Atos 2

Peter said that the prophet Joel foretold what the Holy Spirit would do.

14 So Peter stood up with the other eleven apostles and spoke loudly to the crowd of people, saying, "My fellow Jews and you others who are staying in Jerusalem, listen to me, all of you, and I will explain to you what is happening! 15 Some of you think that we(exc) are drunk, but we are not drunk. It is only nine o’clock in the morning, and people here never get drunk this early in the day! 16 Instead, what has happened to us is the miraculous thing that the prophet Joel wrote about long ago. Joel wrote:

God says, 17 ‘During the last/final days before I judge all people, I will give my Spirit abundantly/generously to people [SYN] everywhere. As a result, your sons and daughters will tell people messages from me, the young men among you will see visions from me, and the old men among you will have dreams that I will give them. 18 During those days I will abundantly/generously give my Spirit even to men and women believers who are my slaves/servants, so they can tell people messages from me. 19 I will cause amazing things to happen in the sky, and I will do miracles on the earth that will show that I am powerful. Here on the earth [CHI] I will cause wars with blood, fire and thick/dark smoke everywhere. 20 In the sky the sun will appear dark to people and the moon will appear red to them. Those things will happen before the important and splendid/amazing day [MTY] when I, the Lord God, will come to judge everyone. 21 Before that time, all those who ask me [MTY] to save them from the guilt of their sins will be saved {I, the Lord, will save all those who ask me [MTY] to save them from the guilt of their sins.}’"

Peter said, "You killed Jesus but God caused him to live again."

22 Peter continued, "My fellow Israelites, listen to me! When Jesus from Nazareth town lived among you, God proved to you that he had sent him by enabling him to do many amazing miracles. You yourselves know that this is true. 23 Even though you knew that, you turned this man Jesus over to his enemies. However, God had already planned for that, and he knew all about it. Then you urged men [SYN] who do not obey God’s law to kill Jesus. They did that by nailing him to a cross. 24 He suffered terribly when he died, but God caused him to become alive again. God did not let him continue to be dead, because it was not possible for him [PRS] to remain dead."

David foretold that the Messiah would rejoice about becoming alive again.

25 "Long ago King David wrote what the Messiah said,

" knew that you, Lord God, would always be near me. You are right beside [MTY] me, so I will not be afraid of those who want to harm me. 26 Because of that I [SYN] joyfully praise you, O God. And I am completely confident that you(sg) will ◄cause my body to become alive again/raise me from the dead►. 27 You will not allow my spirit to remain in the place where the dead are. You will not even let my body decay, because I am devoted to you and always obey you. 28 You have told me that you will cause my body to become alive again. You will make me very happy because you will be with me forever."

Peter explained that David wrote that the Messiah would become alive again.

29 Peter continued, "My fellow Jews, I can tell you confidently that our royal ancestor, King David, died, and that his body was buried {that people buried his body}. And the place where they buried his body is still here today. 30 So we(inc) know that David was not speaking those words about himself. But because he was a prophet, he spoke about the Messiah. David knew that God had strongly promised him that he would cause one of his descendants to become king [MTY] like David was king. (OR, to be the Messiah who would rule God’s people like David had ruled them.) 31 David knew beforehand what God would do, so he was able to say that God would cause the Messiah to live again after he died. He said that God would not let the Messiah remain in the place of the dead, nor let his body decay."

Peter said, "Jesus has abundantly given us the Holy Spirit, shown by what you see and hear."

32 "After this man Jesus had died, God caused him to become alive again. All of us(exc), his followers, have seen and tell people that Jesus has become alive again. 33 God has greatly honored Jesus by causing him to rule right beside him [MTY] in heaven. Jesus has received the Holy Spirit from God his Father, just like God promised. So Jesus has generously/abundantly given us the Holy Spirit, and he has shown that by what you are seeing and hearing. 34 We(inc) know that David was not speaking about himself because David did not go up into heaven as Jesus did. Besides that, David himself said this about the Messiah:

The Lord God said to my Lord the Messiah, ‘Reign here beside me, 35 while I completely defeat [MTY] your enemies.’ "

Peter said, "Know surely that God has made this Jesus both Lord and Messiah."

36 Peter concluded, "So I want you and all other Israelites [MTY] to acknowledge that God has caused this Jesus to be both our Lord/Ruler and the Messiah. But God considers that you are the ones who nailed Jesus to a cross."

Peter told them to repent, and said that believers would baptize them.

37 When the people heard what Peter said, they felt very guilty [IDM]. So they asked him and the other apostles, "Fellow-countrymen, what should we (exc) do so that God will forgive us?"

38 Peter answered them, "Each of you should turn away from your sinful behavior. Then we(exc) will baptize you, if you now believe in Jesus Christ. Then God will give you the Holy Spirit. 39 God has promised to do that [MTY] for you and your descendants, and for all others who believe in him, even those who live far away from here. The Lord our God will give his Spirit to everyone whom he invites to become his people!" 40 Peter spoke much more and spoke strongly/forcefully to them. He pleaded with them, "Ask God to save you so that he will not punish you when he punishes these evil people who have rejected Jesus!"

Many people became believers and joined the other believers.

41 So the people who believed Peter’s message were baptized. There were about 3,000 [SYN] who joined the group of believers that day.