³⁹ For the promise [of the Holy Spirit] is for you and your children and for all who are far away [including the Gentiles], as many as the Lord our God calls to Himself.”^{(A) 40} And Peter solemnly testified and continued to admonish and urge them with many more words, saying, “^[a]Be saved from this crooked and unjust generation!” ⁴¹ So then, those who accepted his message were baptized; and on that day about ^[b]3,000 souls were added [to the body of believers].