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\v 1 On the day when the Jews were celebrating the Pentecost festival, the believers were all together in one place in Jerusalem.
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\v 2 Suddenly they heard a noise coming from the sky that sounded like a strong wind. Everyone in the entire house where they were sitting heard the noise.
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\v 13 But some of them made fun of what they saw. They said, "These people are talking like this because they have drunk too much new wine!"
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\v 14 So Peter stood up with the other eleven apostles and spoke loudly to the crowd of people; he said, "You men of Judea and you others who are staying in Jerusalem, listen to me, all of you, and I will explain to you what is happening!
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\v 15 Some of you think that we are drunk, but we are not drunk. It is only nine o'clock in the morning, and people here never get drunk at this time of the day!
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\v 21 And I will save all those who call to me to help them.'"
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\v 22 Peter continued speaking, "My fellow Israelites, listen to me! When Jesus from Nazareth lived among you, God proved to you that he had sent him by making him able to do many amazing miracles that showed that he was from God. You yourselves know that this is true.
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\v 23 Even though you knew that, you handed this man Jesus over into the hands of his enemies. However, God had already planned for that, and he knew all about it. Then you urged men who do not obey God's law to kill Jesus. They did that by nailing him to a cross.
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\v 24 He died, but God raised him up again, because it was not possible for him to remain dead. God caused Jesus to become alive again."
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\v 25 "Long ago King David wrote what the Messiah said,
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\p I knew that you, Lord God, would always hear me. You are right beside me, so I will not be afraid of those who want to harm me.
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\v 28 You have shown me how to become alive again. You will make me very happy because you will be with me forever."
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\v 29 Peter continued, "My fellow Jews, I am sure that our forefather, King David, died, and that the people buried him. And the place where they buried his body is still here today.
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\v 30 King David was a prophet and he knew that God promised to him that one of his descendants would become king.
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\v 34 We 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 Jesus the Messiah:
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\q The Lord God said to my Lord the Messiah, 'Rule here at my right hand,
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\v 35 while I completely defeat your enemies.'"
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\v 36 Peter ended by saying, "So I want you and all other Israelites to know that God made Jesus both Lord and Messiah, this same Jesus whom you had nailed to a cross and killed."
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\v 37 When the people heard what Peter and the other apostles said, they knew they had done wrong. The people said to them, "What should we do?"
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\v 40 Peter spoke much more and spoke strongly to them. He told them, "Ask God to save you so that he will not punish you when he punishes these evil people who have rejected Jesus!"
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\v 41 So the people who believed Peter's message were baptized. There were about three thousand of those who joined the group of believers that day.
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\v 42 They continually obeyed what the apostles taught. They met many times together with the other believers and they ate a meal and prayed together every day.
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\v 43 All the people who were in Jerusalem respected and honored God very much because the apostles were doing many kinds of miraculous things.
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\v 44 All of those who believed in Jesus believed the same things and regularly met together. They also kept sharing everything that they had with one another.
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\v 45 From time to time some of them sold some of their land and some of the other things that they owned, and they gave some of the money to others among them, according to what they needed.
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\v 46 Every day they continued meeting together in the temple area. They would have a meal together going from house to house, and when they did, they were happy and shared what they had together.
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\v 46 Every day they gathered together in the temple area, and then they would have meals together in their homes. They were happy when they were eating together, and they shared what they had with one another.
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\v 47 As they did so, they kept praising God, and all the other people in Jerusalem respected them. As those things were happening, every day the Lord Jesus increased the number of people who were being saved from the punishment of their sins.
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