Acts 2

The chapter begins with the receiving of the Holy Spirit. The followers of Jesus were filled with the Holy Spirit and they began to speak in tongues. Then, they went out and began speaking to people on the street and those who heard them heard their own language being spoken to them. It is quite a feat to have each person have their own language being spoken to them since there were probably many of them and thus, many different languages. Clearly, this was a result of the work of the Holy Spirit. Some who heard were amazed, but some thought them to be drunk with wine. Then, Peter gets up and begins speaking to them. He speaks about Jesus and quotes from the Old Testament, appealing to the Jews who he is speaking to. One interesting thing I noticed was verse 24 when he says that it was not possible for Jesus to be held by death. It was also interesting how they were "cut to the heart" as it says in verse 37. After Peter has finished saying all these things, they were affected and wondering what they should do next. So Peter simply tells them to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus. The chapter ends with this and reporting that 3000 people were added to their number.