Acts 2:16
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, 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.
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
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:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
- KJV
- But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
- WEB
- But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:
- ASV
- but this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:
- DARBY
- but this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel,
- BLB
- But this is that having been spoken by the prophet Joel:
- ÅB
- men dette er det som er sagt ved profeten Joel:
- OTB
- I stedet er dette det som ble forutsagt gjennom profeten Joel:
- B1930
- men dette er det som er sagt ved profeten Joel:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joel 2:28–32
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
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