THIRD LESSON Acts 2:1-21

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven

there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were

sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All

of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave

them ability.

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound

the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native

language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, ‘Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and

residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt

and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.’ All

were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, ‘What does this mean?’ But others sneered and

said, ‘They are filled with new wine.’

But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: ‘Men of Judea and all who

live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as

you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the

prophet Joel:

“In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons

and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall

dream dreams. Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit;

and they shall prophesy. And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below,

blood, and fire, and smoky mist. The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before

the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord

shall be saved.”

GOSPEL LESSON John 15:26-27, 164b-15

‘When the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of

truth who comes from the Father, the Spirit will testify on my behalf. You also are to testify because

you have been with me from the beginning.

‘I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going to

him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, “Where are you going?” But because I have said these

things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage

that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him

to you. And when the Spirit comes, the Spirit will prove the world wrong about sin and

righteousness and judgement: about sin, because they do not believe in me; about righteousness,

because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; about judgement, because the ruler

of this world has been condemned.

‘I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes,

the Spirit will guide you into all the truth; for the Spirit will not speak on their own, but will speak

whatever the Spirit hears, and the Spirit will declare to you the things that are to come. The Spirit will

glorify me, because the Spirit will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is

mine. For this reason I said that the Spirit will take what is mine and declare it to you.