Day of Pentecost

1Verse 1. When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2Verse 2. Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3Verse 3. They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4Verse 4. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. 5Verse 5. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 6Verse 6. And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language. 7Verse 7. Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8Verse 8. How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language? 9Verse 9. Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10Verse 10. Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome, 11Verse 11. both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs— we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” 12Verse 12. Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?” 13Verse 13. But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!” 14Verse 14. Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words. 15Verse 15. These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day! 16Verse 16. No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 17Verse 17. ‘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. 18Verse 18. Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 19Verse 19. I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. 20Verse 20. The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord. 21Verse 21. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

1Verse 1. The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones. 2Verse 2. He led me all around among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, and indeed, they were very dry. 3Verse 3. Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.” 4Verse 4. And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! 5Verse 5. This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life. 6Verse 6. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’” 7Verse 7. So I prophesied as I had been commanded. And as I prophesied, there was suddenly a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8Verse 8. As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them. 9Verse 9. Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!” 10Verse 10. So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet — a vast army. 11Verse 11. Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’ 12Verse 12. Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13Verse 13. Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. 14Verse 14. I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”

22Verse 22. We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. 23Verse 23. Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24Verse 24. For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see? 25Verse 25. But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently. 26Verse 26. In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words. 27Verse 27. And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

1Verse 1. When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2Verse 2. Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3Verse 3. They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4Verse 4. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. 5Verse 5. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 6Verse 6. And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language. 7Verse 7. Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8Verse 8. How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language? 9Verse 9. Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10Verse 10. Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome, 11Verse 11. both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs— we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” 12Verse 12. Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?” 13Verse 13. But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!” 14Verse 14. Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words. 15Verse 15. These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day! 16Verse 16. No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 17Verse 17. ‘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. 18Verse 18. Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 19Verse 19. I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. 20Verse 20. The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord. 21Verse 21. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

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