The Skeptics Annotated Bible (869 page)

5 And
there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

(2.5)
“There were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.”
(Polynesians, Native Americans, Australian Aborigines, Japanese, you name it.)

6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that
every man heard them speak in his own language.

(2.6)
“Every man heard them speak in his own language.”

7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

13 Others mocking said,
These men are full of new wine.

(2.13) “These men are full of new wine.” Those who heard the apostles speaking in tongues thought they were drunk.

14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

(2.17-19) Peter says that strange behavior (speaking in tongues, etc.), along with great signs and wonders (“blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke”), was to be expected since they were living in “the last days.”

17 And it shall come to pass
in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of 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
:

(2.17)
“In the last days, saith God, I will pour out of 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.”

18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

19 And
I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke
:

(2.19)
“I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke.”

20
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood
, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

(2.20)
“The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood.”
It happens with every solar or lunar eclipse.

21 And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

(2.21)
“Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
321 Will those who call on the Lord be saved?

22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words;
Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs
, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

(2.22)
“Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs”
360 Did Jesus perform many signs?

23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

24
Whom God hath raised up
, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

(2.24) “Whom God hath raised up”
437 Who raised Jesus from the dead?

25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of
the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh
, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

(2.30) “The fruit of his loins, according to the flesh”
329 Was Joseph the father of Jesus?

31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that
his soul was not left in hell
, neither his flesh did see corruption.

(2.31) “His soul was not left in hell.” Jesus did a little time in hell. I’m not sure what for.