Acts 2 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Et cum complerentur dies Pentecostes, erant omnes pariter in eodem loco:
1 Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 et factus est repente de cælo sonus, tamquam advenientis spiritus vehementis, et replevit totam domum ubi erant sedentes.
2 Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 Et apparuerunt illis dispertitæ linguæ tamquam ignis, seditque supra singulos eorum:
3 Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.
4 et repleti sunt omnes Spiritu Sancto, et cœperunt loqui variis linguis, prout Spiritus Sanctus dabat eloqui illis.
4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
5 Erant autem in Jerusalem habitantes Judæi, viri religiosi ex omni natione quæ sub cælo est.
5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.
6 Facta autem hac voce, convenit multitudo, et mente confusa est, quoniam audiebat unusquisque lingua sua illos loquentes.
6 When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
7 Stupebant autem omnes, et mirabantur, dicentes: Nonne ecce omnes isti qui loquuntur, Galilæi sunt?
7 They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans?
8 et quomodo nos audivimus unusquisque linguam nostram in qua nati sumus?
8 How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?
9 Parthi, et Medi, et Ælamitæ, et qui habitant Mespotamiam, Judæam, et Cappadociam, Pontum, et Asiam,
9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,
10 Phrygiam, et Pamphyliam, Ægyptum, et partes Libyæ quæ est circa Cyrenen: et advenæ Romani,
10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
11 Judæi quoque, et Proselyti, Cretes, et Arabes: audivimus eos loquentes nostris linguis magnalia Dei.
11 Cretans and Arabians—we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!”
12 Stupebant autem omnes, et mirabantur ad invicem, dicentes: Quidnam vult hoc esse?
12 They were all amazed and were perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”
13 Alii autem irridentes dicebant: Quia musto pleni sunt isti.
13 Others, mocking, said, “They are filled with new wine.”
14 Stans autem Petrus cum undecim, levavit vocem suam, et locutus est eis: Viri Judæi, et qui habitatis Jerusalem universi, hoc vobis notum sit, et auribus percipite verba mea.
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 Non enim, sicut vos æstimatis, hi ebrii sunt, cum sit hora diei tertia:
15 For these aren’t drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of the day.
16 sed hoc est quod dictum est per prophetam Joël:
16 But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:
17 [Et erit in novissimis diebus, dicit Dominus, effundam de Spiritu meo super omnem carnem: et prophetabunt filii vestri et filiæ vestræ, et juvenes vestri visiones videbunt, et seniores vestri somnia somniabunt.
17 ‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
18 Et quidem super servos meos, et super ancillas meas, in diebus illis effundam de Spiritu meo, et prophetabunt:
18 Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.
19 et dabo prodigia in cælo sursum, et signa in terra deorsum, sanguinem, et ignem, et vaporem fumi:
19 I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath: blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.
20 sol convertetur in tenebras, et luna in sanguinem, antequam veniat dies Domini magnus et manifestus.
20 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 Et erit: omnis quicumque invocaverit nomen Domini, salvus erit.]
21 It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
22 Viri Israëlitæ, audite verba hæc: Jesum Nazarenum, virum approbatum a Deo in vobis, virtutibus, et prodigiis, et signis, quæ fecit Deus per illum in medio vestri, sicut et vos scitis:
22 “Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, even as you yourselves know,
23 hunc, definito consilio et præscientia Dei traditum, per manus iniquorum affligentes interemistis:
23 him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
24 quem Deus suscitavit, solutis doloribus inferni, juxta quod impossibile erat teneri illum ab eo.
24 whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
25 David enim dicit in eum: [Providebam Dominum in conspectu meo semper: quoniam a dextris est mihi, ne commovear:
25 For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
26 propter hoc lætatum est cor meum, et exsultavit lingua mea, insuper et caro mea requiescet in spe:
26 Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope,
27 quoniam non derelinques animam meam in inferno, nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem.
27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.
28 Notas mihi fecisti vias vitæ: et replebis me jucunditate cum facie tua.]
28 You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’
29 Viri fratres, liceat audenter dicere ad vos de patriarcha David, quoniam defunctus est, et sepultus: et sepulchrum ejus est apud nos usque in hodiernum diem.
29 “Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
30 Propheta igitur cum esset, et sciret quia jurejurando jurasset illi Deus de fructu lumbi ejus sedere super sedem ejus:
30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,
31 providens locutus est de resurrectione Christi, quia neque derelictus est in inferno, neque caro ejus vidit corruptionem.
31 he foreseeing this, spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul wasn’t left in Hades, and his flesh didn’t see decay.
32 Hunc Jesum resuscitavit Deus, cujus omnes nos testes sumus.
32 This Jesus God raised up, to which we all are witnesses.
33 Dextera igitur Dei exaltatus, et promissione Spiritus Sancti accepta a Patre, effudit hunc, quem vos videtis et auditis.
33 Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you now see and hear.
34 Non enim David ascendit in cælum: dixit autem ipse: [Dixit Dominus Domino meo: Sede a dextris meis,
34 For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand
35 donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum.]
35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’
36 Certissime sciat ergo omnis domus Israël, quia et Dominum eum et Christum fecit Deus hunc Jesum, quem vos crucifixistis.
36 “Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
37 His autem auditis, compuncti sunt corde, et dixerunt ad Petrum et ad reliquos Apostolos: Quid faciemus, viri fratres?
37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
38 Petrus vero ad illos: Pœnitentiam, inquit, agite, et baptizetur unusquisque vestrum in nomine Jesu Christi in remissionem peccatorum vestrorum: et accipietis donum Spiritus Sancti.
38 Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39 Vobis enim est repromissio, et filiis vestris, et omnibus qui longe sunt, quoscumque advocaverit Dominus Deus noster.
39 For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
40 Aliis etiam verbis plurimis testificatus est, et exhortabatur eos, dicens: Salvamini a generatione ista prava.
40 With many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”
41 Qui ergo receperunt sermonem ejus, baptizati sunt: et appositæ sunt in die illa animæ circiter tria millia.
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
42 Erant autem perseverantes in doctrina Apostolorum, et communicatione fractionis panis, et orationibus.
42 They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.
43 Fiebat autem omni animæ timor: multa quoque prodigia et signa per Apostolos in Jerusalem fiebant, et metus erat magnus in universis.
43 Fear came on every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.
44 Omnes etiam qui credebant, erant pariter, et habebant omnia communia.
44 All who believed were together, and had all things in common.
45 Possessiones et substantias vendebant, et dividebant illa omnibus, prout cuique opus erat.
45 They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.
46 Quotidie quoque perdurantes unanimiter in templo, et frangentes circa domos panem, sumebant cibum cum exsultatione et simplicitate cordis,
46 Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,
47 collaudantes Deum et habentes gratiam ad omnem plebem. Dominus autem augebat qui salvi fierent quotidie in idipsum.
47 praising God and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
Cross references (46)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Romans 15:6; Philippians 2:2; Acts 1:13–15; Philippians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 16:8
- 2 Acts 4:31; 1 Kings 19:11; John 3:8; Psalm 18:10; Acts 16:25–26
- 3 Matthew 3:11; John 1:32–33; Jeremiah 23:29; Acts 2:4; Isaiah 11:2–3
- 4 Mark 16:17; Acts 13:52; Acts 4:31; Ephesians 5:18; 1 Corinthians 12:10
- 5 Acts 8:2; Luke 2:25; Colossians 1:23; Acts 8:27; John 12:20
- 6 Acts 3:11; Matthew 2:3; 2 Corinthians 2:12; 1 Corinthians 16:9; Acts 2:2
- 7 Acts 2:12; Acts 1:11; Acts 14:11–12; John 7:52; Mark 1:27
- 9 1 Peter 1:1; Revelation 1:4; Acts 16:6; Acts 18:2; 2 Timothy 1:15
- 10 Zechariah 8:23; Acts 16:6; Acts 15:38; Acts 13:43; Acts 18:23
- 11 1 Corinthians 12:10; Exodus 15:11; Titus 1:12; Jeremiah 25:24; Job 9:10
- 12 Acts 17:20; Luke 18:36; Luke 15:26; Acts 10:17; Acts 2:7
- 13 1 Corinthians 14:23; 1 Samuel 1:14; Zechariah 10:7; Acts 2:15; Isaiah 25:6
- 14 Isaiah 51:7; Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 52:8; Acts 7:2; Acts 5:35
- 15 1 Thessalonians 5:5–8; 1 Samuel 1:15
- 16 Joel 2:28–32
- 17 Joel 2:28–32; Isaiah 44:3; Titus 3:4–6; Acts 10:45; John 7:39
- 18 Colossians 3:11; Galatians 3:28; 1 Corinthians 7:21–22; Acts 21:10
- 19 Joel 2:30–31; Zephaniah 1:14–18; Malachi 4:1–6
- 20 2 Peter 3:10; Amos 8:9; Matthew 24:29; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; Malachi 4:5
- 21 Romans 10:12–13; Joel 2:32; Psalm 86:5; Acts 22:16; Hebrews 4:16
- 22 John 3:2; John 14:10–11; Acts 4:10; Luke 11:20; Matthew 12:28
- 23 Acts 4:28; Genesis 50:20; Luke 22:22; Acts 3:18; Isaiah 46:10–11
- 24 1 Corinthians 6:14; Acts 2:32; 1 Peter 1:21; Colossians 2:12; Romans 8:11
- 25 Psalm 16:8–11; Isaiah 41:13; Psalm 62:6; Psalm 109:31; Isaiah 50:7–9
- 26 Psalm 16:9; Psalm 63:5; Psalm 71:23; Psalm 30:11
- 27 Psalm 16:10; Acts 2:31; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 20:13; 1 Corinthians 15:52
- 28 Psalm 16:11; Psalm 25:4; Psalm 21:6; Psalm 42:5; Psalm 17:15
- 29 Acts 13:36; Nehemiah 3:16; Hebrews 7:4; 1 Kings 2:10; Acts 7:8–9
- 30 Psalm 132:11–18; Psalm 89:3–4; Jeremiah 33:14–15; 2 Samuel 7:11–16; 2 Samuel 23:2
- 31 Acts 2:27; Psalm 16:10; Acts 13:35; 1 Peter 1:11–12
- 32 Acts 3:15; Acts 1:8; Acts 1:22; Luke 24:46–48; Acts 4:33
- 33 Acts 1:4; Acts 5:31; Acts 2:17; John 14:26; John 16:7–15
- 34 Psalm 110:1; Matthew 22:42–45; Hebrews 1:13; Ephesians 1:22; Mark 12:36
- 35 Romans 16:20; Revelation 19:19–20:3; Isaiah 60:14; Isaiah 59:18; Revelation 20:8–15
- 36 Acts 5:30–31; Romans 14:8–12; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Acts 4:11–12; Ezekiel 34:30
- 37 Luke 3:10; Acts 22:10; Acts 16:29–31; Hebrews 4:12–13; Luke 3:14
- 38 Acts 22:16; Mark 16:16; Acts 8:12; Luke 24:47; Acts 10:48
- 39 Isaiah 44:3; Romans 8:30; Joel 2:32; Genesis 17:7–8; Acts 15:8
- 40 Philippians 2:15; Deuteronomy 32:5; 1 Timothy 4:16; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Ephesians 4:17
- 41 Acts 4:4; Acts 2:47; Acts 16:31–34; John 14:12; Acts 1:15
- 42 Hebrews 10:25; Acts 1:14; 1 John 1:3; 1 John 1:7; Acts 2:46
- 43 Luke 7:16; John 14:12; Luke 8:37; Mark 16:17; Jeremiah 33:9
- 44 Acts 4:32; 1 John 3:16–18; 2 Corinthians 8:14–15; Acts 6:1–3; 2 Corinthians 9:6–15
- 45 1 John 3:17; 1 Timothy 6:18–19; James 2:14–16; Acts 4:34–5:2; Proverbs 19:17
- 46 Acts 5:42; Acts 2:42; Psalm 86:11; Acts 20:7; 2 Corinthians 1:12
- 47 Acts 16:5; Acts 5:13–14; Acts 2:41; 1 Corinthians 1:18; Acts 2:39
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Dost thou perceive the type? What is this Pentecost? The time when the sickle was to be put to the harvest, and the ingathering was made. See now the reality, when the time was come to put in the sickle of the word: for here, as the sickle, keen-edged, came the Spirit down.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… of your faith, spoken of in days long gone by, endureth even until now, and bringeth forth fruit to our Lord Jesus Christ, who for our sins suffered even unto death, [but] "whom God raised from the dead, having loosed the bands of the grave." "In whom, though now ye see Him not, ye believe, and believing, rejoice with joy …
… my right hand, lest I should be moved: therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also, my flesh shall rest in hope: because Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt Thou give Thy Holy One to see corruption." Then he proceeds to speak confidently to them concerning the patriarch David, that he was …
… were) saying, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven." There came suddenly a sound from heaven, as it had been the rushing of a mighty wind, and there appeared cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And there were made lights in the firmament of heaven, having the word of life.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
And the testimony too, which was produced after the ascension, manifests His equality with the Father; thus saying, "The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou on my right hand." And Isaiah too saith, "He that riseth up to rule over the Gentiles, in Him shall the Gentiles trust." But how saith he that Bethlehem is "not the least among …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)