“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man ^[a]attested to you by God with ^[b]miracles and wonders and ^[c]signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know— ²³ this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of ^[d]godless men and put Him to death. ^24 [e]But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the ^[f]agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held ^[g]in its power. ²⁵ For David says of Him,

²⁹ “^[k]Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is ^[l]with us to this day. ³⁰ And so, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one ^[m]of his descendants on his throne, ³¹ he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of ^[n]the Christ, that He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh ^[o]suffer decay. ³² This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. ³³ Therefore having been exalted ^[p]to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear. ³⁴ For it was not David who ascended into ^[q]heaven, but he himself says:

³⁶ Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and ^[r]Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.”

The Ingathering

³⁷ Now when they heard this, they were ^[s]pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “^[t]Brethren, ^[u]what shall we do?” ³⁸ Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” ⁴⁰ And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “^[v]Be saved from this perverse generation!” ⁴¹ So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand ^[w]souls. ⁴² They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and ^[x]to prayer.

^43 [y]Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and ^[z]signs were taking place through the apostles. ⁴⁴ And all those who had believed ^[aa]were together and had all things in common; ⁴⁵ and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need. ⁴⁶ Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread ^[ab]from house to house, they were taking their ^[ac]meals together with gladness and ^[ad]sincerity of heart, ⁴⁷ praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding ^[ae]to their number day by day those who were being saved.