Acts of Apostles Chapters

1 When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together,

2 when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violentwind which filled the entire house in which they were sitting;

3 and there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these separatedand came to rest on the head of each of them.

4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speakdifferent languages as the Spirit gave them power to expressthemselves.

5 Now there were devout men living in Jerusalem from everynation under heaven,

6 and at this sound they all assembled, and each one wasbewildered to hear these men speaking his own language.

7 They were amazed and astonished. 'Surely,' they said, 'allthese men speaking are Galileans?

8 How does it happen that each of us hears them in his ownnative language?

9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people from Mesopotamia, Judaeaand Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya roundCyrene; residents of Rome-

11 Jews and proselytes alike -- Cretans and Arabs, we hear thempreaching in our own language about the marvels of God.'

12 Everyone was amazed and perplexed; they asked one anotherwhat it all meant.

13 Some, however, laughed it off. 'They have been drinking toomuch new wine,' they said.

14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven and addressed them in aloud voice: 'Men of Judaea, and all you who live in Jerusalem, makeno mistake about this, but listen carefully to what I say.

15 These men are not drunk, as you imagine; why, it is only thethird hour of the day.

16 On the contrary, this is what the prophet was saying:

17 In the last days -- the Lord declares -- I shall pour out mySpirit on all humanity. Your sons and daughters shall prophesy,your young people shall see visions, your old people dreamdreams.

18 Even on the slaves, men and women, shall I pour out mySpirit.

19 I will show portents in the sky above and signs on the earthbelow.

20 The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into bloodbefore the day of the Lord comes, that great and terrible Day.

21 And all who call on the name of the Lord will be saved.

22 'Men of Israel, listen to what I am going to say: Jesus theNazarene was a man commended to you by God by the miracles andportents and signs that God worked through him when he was amongyou, as you know.

23 This man, who was put into your power by the deliberateintention and foreknowledge of God, you took and had crucified andkilled by men outside the Law.

24 But God raised him to life, freeing him from the pangs ofHades; for it was impossible for him to be held in its powersince,

25 as David says of him: I kept the Lord before my sight always,for with him at my right hand nothing can shake me.

26 So my heart rejoiced my tongue delighted; my body, too, willrest secure,

27 for you will not abandon me to Hades or allow your holy oneto see corruption.

28 You have taught me the way of life, you will fill me with joyin your presence.

29 'Brothers, no one can deny that the patriarch David himselfis dead and buried: his tomb is still with us.

30 But since he was a prophet, and knew that God had sworn himan oath to make one of his descendants succeed him on thethrone,

31 he spoke with foreknowledge about the resurrection of theChrist: he is the one who was not abandoned to Hades, and whosebody did not see corruption.

32 God raised this man Jesus to life, and of that we are allwitnesses.

33 Now raised to the heights by God's right hand, he hasreceived from the Father the Holy Spirit, who was promised, andwhat you see and hear is the outpouring of that Spirit.

34 For David himself never went up to heaven, but yet he said:The Lord declared to my Lord, take your seat at my righthand,

35 till I have made your enemies your footstool.

36 'For this reason the whole House of Israel can be certainthat the Lord and Christ whom God has made is this Jesuswhom youcrucified.'

37 Hearing this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peterand the other apostles, 'What are we to do, brothers?'

38 'You must repent,' Peter answered, 'and every one of you mustbe baptised in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of yoursins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

39 The promise that was made is for you and your children, andfor all those who are far away, for all those whom the Lordour Godis calling to himself.'

40 He spoke to them for a long time using many other arguments,and he urged them, 'Save yourselves from this perversegeneration.'

41 They accepted what he said and were baptised. That very dayabout three thousand were added to their number.

42 These remained faithful to the teaching of the apostles, tothe brotherhood, to the breaking of bread and to the prayers.

43 And everyone was filled with awe; the apostles worked manysigns and miracles.

44 And all who shared the faith owned everything in common;

45 they sold their goods and possessions and distributed theproceeds among themselves according to what each one needed.

46 Each day, with one heart, they regularly went to the Templebut met in their houses for the breaking of bread; they sharedtheir food gladly and generously;

47 they praised God and were looked up to by everyone. Day byday the Lord added to their community those destined to besaved.

1) Who are the principle actors in this scene? who are all thesepeople in the city? who are the prohets quotes in peter'sspeech?

2)How is unity described in this passage ( consider1,3,4,32,41,42,44)

3) When do the poeple ask, What are we suppose to do with this?

4) Where does the group ,eet daily? why two places? why bothplaces?