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Passage Lookup: Acts 2:14-36
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23 verses
Acts 2:14
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Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: "Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say.
Acts 2:15
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These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning!
Acts 2:16
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No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
Acts 2:17
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" 'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
Acts 2:18
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Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
Acts 2:19
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I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
Acts 2:20
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The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
Acts 2:21
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And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'
Acts 2:22
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"Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.
Acts 2:23
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This man was handed over to you by God's set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross.
Acts 2:24
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But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.
Acts 2:25
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David said about him: " 'I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Acts 2:26
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Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will live in hope,
Acts 2:27
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because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.
Acts 2:28
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You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.'
Acts 2:29
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"Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day.
Acts 2:30
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But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.
Acts 2:31
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Seeing what was ahead, he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to the grave, nor did his body see decay.
Acts 2:32
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God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of the fact.
Acts 2:33
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Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
Acts 2:34
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For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, " 'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand
Acts 2:35
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until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet." '
Acts 2:36
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"Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."
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