1    ^{note note}And vvhen09Q0864 the daies of Pentecost vvere accomplished, they vvere al together in one place:

2   and sodenly there vvas made a sound from heauen, as of a vehem&ebar;t vvinde c&obar;ming, & it filled the whole house vvhere they vvere sitting.

3   And there appeared to them parted tonges as it were ^note of fire, and it sate vpon euery one of them:

4   and they vvere09Q0865 al replenished vvith the ^note Holy ghost, and they began to speake vvith diuerse tonges, according as the Holy ghost gaue them to speake.

5   And there vvere dvvelling at Hierusal&ebar; Ievves, deuout men of euery nation that is vnder heauen.

6   And vvhen this voice vvas made, the multitude came together, and vvas astonied in minde, because euery man heard them speake in his ovvne tongue.

7   And they vvere al amased, and marueled saying, Are not, lo, al these that speake, Galil&ecedil;ans,

8   and hovv ^note haue vve heard eche man our ovvne tongue vvherein vve vvere borne?

9   Parthians, and Medians, and Elamites, and that inhabite Mesopotámia, Ievvrie, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia,

10   Phrygia, and Pamphilia, Ægypt and the partes of Lybia that is about Cyrénee, and strangers of Rome,

11   Ievves also, and Proselytes, Cretensians, and Arabians: Vve ^note haue heard them speake in our ovvne tonges the great vvorkes of God. &cross4;

12   And they vvere al astonied, and marueled, saying one to an other, Vvhat meaneth this?

13   But others deriding said, That these are ful of nevv vvine.

14    ^noteBut ^note Peter standing vvith the Eleuen, lifted vp his voice, and spake to them, Ye men, Ievves, and al you that dvvel in Hierusalem, be this knovven to you, and vvith your eares receiue my vvordes.

15   For these are not drunke, as you

suppose, vvhereas it is the third houre of the day:

16   But this is it that vvas said by the Prophet Ioël,

17   And it shal be, in the last daies (saith our Lord) of my Spirit I vvil povvre out vpon al flesh: and your sonnes and your daughters shal prophecie, and your yong men shal see visions, and your auncients shal dreame dreames.

18   And vpon my seruants truely, and vpon my handmaides vvil I povvre out in those daies, of my spirit, and they shal prophecie:

19   and I vvil giue vvonders in the heauen aboue, and signes in the earth beneath, bloud, and fire, and vapour of smoke.

20   The sunne shal be turned into darkenes, and the moone into bloud, before the great and manifest day of our Lord doth come.

21   And it shal be, euery one vvhosoeuer calleth vpon the name of our Lord, shal be saued. &cross4; ^note

22   Ye men of Israël heare these vvordes, Iesvs of Nazareth a man approued of God among you, by miracles and vvonders and signes vvhich God did by him in the middes of you, as you knovv:

23   this same,09Q0866 by the determinate counsel and prescience of God being deliuered, you by the handes of vvicked men haue crucified and slaine.

24   vvhom God hath raised vp09Q0867 loosing the sorovves of hel, according as it vvas impossible that he should be holden of it.

25   For Dauid saith concerning him, I foresavv the Lord in my sight alvvaies: because he is at my right hand that I be not moued.

26   For this, my hart hath been glad and my tongue hath reioyced: moreouer my flesh also shal rest in hope.

27   Because thou vvilt not leaue09Q0868 my soul ^note in hel, nor giue thy Holy one to see ^note corruption.

28   Thou hast made knovven to me the vvaies of life: thou shalt make me ful of ioyfulnes vvith thy face. ^note

29   Ye men, brethren, let me boldly speake to you of the Patriarch Dauid: that ^note he died, and vvas buried: and his sepulchre is vvith vs vntil this present day.

30   Vvhereas therfore he vvas a Prophet, and knevv that by an othe God had svvorne to him that of the fruite of his loynes there should sit vpon his seate: ^note

31   forseeing he spake of the resurrection of Christ, for neither vvas he left in hel, neither did his flesh see corruption.

32   This Iesvs hath God raised againe, vvhere of al vve are vvitnesses.

33   Being exalted therfore by the right hand of God, and hauing receiued of his father the promisse of the holy Ghost, he hath povvred out ^note this vvhom you see and heare.

34   For Dauid ascended not into heauen: but he saith, Our Lord hath said to my Lord, sit on my right hand,

35   vntil I make thine enemies the footestoole of thy feete.

36   Therfore let al the house of Israël know most certainly that God hath made him both Lord, and Christ, this Iesvs, vvhom you haue crucified.

37    ^noteAnd hearing these things, they were compuncte in hart, and said to Peter and to the rest of the Apostles, Vvhat shal

vve doe men, brethren?

38   But Peter said to them, ^note Doe penance, and be euery one of you baptized in the name of Iesvs Christ for remission of your sinnes: and you shal receiue the gift of the holy Ghost.

39   For to you is the promisse, and to your children, and to al that are farre of, vvhomsoeuer the Lord our God shal call.

40   Vvith very many other vvordes also did he testifie, and exhorted them, saying, Saue your selues from this peruerse generation.

41   They therfore that receiued his vvord, vvere baptized: and there vvere added in that day about ^note three thousand soules.

42   And they vvere perseuéring in the doctrine of the Apostles, and in the communication of ^note the breaking of bread, and praiers.

43   And feare came vpon euery soul: many vvonders also and signes vvere done by the Apostles in Hierusalem, and there vvas great feare in al.

44   Al they also that beleeued, vvere together, ^note and had09Q0869 al things c&obar;mon.

45   Their possessions and substance they sold, and deuided them to al, according as euery one had neede.

46   Daily also continuing vvith one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they tooke their meate vvith ioy and simplicitie of hart:

47   praising God, and hauing grace vvith al the people. And our Lord09Q0870 increased them that should be saued, daily together.

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