Acts 2:29-44

²⁹Friends, I can speak to you the more confidently about the patriarch David, because he is dead and buried, and his tomb is here among us to this very day.

³⁰David, then, prophet as he was, knowing that God had solemnly sworn to him to set one of his descendants on his throne, looked into the future,

³¹and referred to the resurrection of the Christ when he said that he had not been abandoned to Hades, nor had his body undergone corruption.

³²It was this Jesus, whom God raised to life; and of that we are ourselves all witnesses.

³³And now that he has been exalted to the right hand of God, and has received from the Father the promised gift of the Holy Spirit, he has begun to pour out that gift, as you yourselves now see and hear.

³⁴It was not David who went up into heaven; for he himself says — ‘The Lord said to my master, “Sit on my right hand,

³⁵Until I put your enemies as a footstool under your feet.”’

³⁶So let the whole nation of Israel know beyond all doubt, that God has made him both Lord and Christ — this Jesus whom you crucified.”

³⁷When the people heard this, they were conscience-smitten, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Friends, what can we do?”

³⁸“Repent,” answered Peter, “and be baptized every one of you in the faith of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

³⁹For the promise is for you and for your children, and also for all those now far away, who may be called by the Lord our God.”

⁴⁰Peter spoke to them for a long time using many other arguments and pleaded with them — “Save yourselves from the perverse spirit of this age.”

⁴¹So those who accepted his teaching were baptized, and about three thousand people joined the disciples on that day alone.

⁴²They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the Common life of the church, to the breaking of the bread and to the Prayers.

⁴³A deep impression was made on everyone, and many wonders and signs were done at the hands of the apostles.

⁴⁴All who became believers in Christ held everything for the common use;