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Acts 2:16

but this is [the beginning of] what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Joel;   Orator;   Peter;   Preaching;   Prophecy;   Readings, Select;   Revivals;   Tongue;   Zeal, Religious;   Scofield Reference Index - Israel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Awakenings, Religious;   Holy Spirit;   Spirit;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the;   Prophecy;   Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ascension;   Joel;   Language;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Day of the lord;   Holy spirit;   Joel;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Church, the;   Day of the Lord, God, Christ, the;   Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Joel, Theology of;   Old Testament in the New Testament, the;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Baptism ;   Gift of Tongues;   Hearing the Word of God;   Holy Ghost;   Quakers;   Worship of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Holy Spirit, the;   Inspiration;   Joel;   Tongues, Gift of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Christ, Christology;   Church;   Community of Goods;   Spiritual Gifts;   Worship;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Communion;   Joel, Book of;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Messiah;   Pentecost, Feast of;   Prophet;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Tongues, Gift of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Acts of the Apostles (2);   Assurance;   Atonement (2);   Authority of Christ;   Baptism;   Character;   Eschatology;   Heaven;   Inspiration and Revelation;   Interpretation;   Mediator;   Old Testament;   Promise (2);   Type;   Winter ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ascension;   Joel, Book of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Joel;   Pentecost;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Joel (2);   Peter;   Tongues;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baptism (Lutheran Doctrine);   Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Hope;   Joel (1);   Spiritual Gifts;   Tongues, Gift of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Holy Spirit;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
But Joel the prophet wrote about what you see happening here today. This is what he wrote:
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But this is that which was spoken by ye Prophete Iohel:
Hebrew Names Version
But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Yo'el:
International Standard Version
Rather, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
New American Standard Bible
but this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:
New Century Version
But Joel the prophet wrote about what is happening here today:
Update Bible Version
but this is that which has been spoken through the prophet Joel:
Webster's Bible Translation
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel,
English Standard Version
But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:
World English Bible
But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel,
Weymouth's New Testament
But that which was predicted through the Prophet Joel has happened:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but this it is, that was seid bi the prophete Johel,
English Revised Version
but this is that which hath been spoken by the prophet Joel;
Berean Standard Bible
No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
Contemporary English Version
But this is what God had the prophet Joel say,
American Standard Version
but this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:
Bible in Basic English
But this is the thing which was said by the prophet Joel;
Complete Jewish Bible
No, this is what was spoken about through the prophet Yo'el:
Darby Translation
but this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel,
Etheridge Translation
But this is that spoken of by Joel the prophet:
Murdock Translation
But this is what was spoken by Joel the prophet:
King James Version (1611)
But this is that which was spoken by the Prophet Ioel,
New Living Translation
No, what you see was predicted long ago by the prophet Joel:
New Life Bible
The early preacher Joel said this would happen.
New Revised Standard
No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
Geneva Bible (1587)
But this is that, which was spoken by the Prophet Ioel,
George Lamsa Translation
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel -
Douay-Rheims Bible
But this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel:
Revised Standard Version
but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But this is that which was spoken by the prophete Ioel:
Good News Translation
Instead, this is what the prophet Joel spoke about:
Christian Standard Bible®
On the contrary, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
King James Version
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
Lexham English Bible
But this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
Literal Translation
But this is that which has been spoken by the prophet Joel,
Young's Literal Translation
`But this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but this is it, that was spoke before by the prophet Ioel:
Mace New Testament (1729)
but this is the accomplishment of what was said by the prophet Joel ,
New English Translation
But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:
New King James Version
But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
Simplified Cowboy Version
No, what you are seeing here today is what the great cowboy Joel had predicted when God said through him,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:
Legacy Standard Bible
but this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

Contextual Overview

14But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: "Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be explained to you; listen closely and pay attention to what I have to say. 15"These people are not drunk, as you assume, since it is [only] the third hour of the day (9:00 a.m.); 16but this is [the beginning of] what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:17'AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' says God, 'THAT I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT UPON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE [divinely prompted] VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM [divinely prompted] DREAMS; 18EVEN ON MY BOND-SERVANTS, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR OUT MY SPIRIT And they shall prophesy. 19'AND I WILL BRING ABOUT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE AND SIGNS (attesting miracles) ON THE EARTH BELOW, BLOOD AND FIRE AND SMOKING VAPOR. 20'THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD COMES. 21'AND IT SHALL BE THAT EVERYONE WHO CALLS UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD [invoking, adoring, and worshiping the Lord Jesus] SHALL BE SAVED (rescued spiritually).' 22"Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man accredited and pointed out and attested to you by God with [the power to perform] miracles and wonders and signs which God worked through Him in your [very] midst, just as you yourselves know— 23this Man, when handed over [to the Roman authorities] according to the predetermined decision and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross and put to death by the hands of lawless and godless men.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the prophet: Joel 2:28-32

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 37:14 - shall put Joel 1:1 - to Luke 4:21 - This day Acts 1:5 - but Acts 2:38 - and ye Acts 17:3 - Opening Ephesians 1:13 - holy

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
So the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts (inhabitants).
Genesis 2:2
And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested (ceased) on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.
Genesis 2:9
And [in that garden] the LORD God caused to grow from the ground every tree that is desirable and pleasing to the sight and good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the [experiential] knowledge (recognition) of [the difference between] good and evil.
1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel said, "Has the LORD as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obedience to the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed [is better] than the fat of rams.
1 Timothy 4:4
For everything God has created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;
1 Timothy 6:17
As for the rich in this present world, instruct them not to be conceited and arrogant, nor to set their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel. This affair, which is a matter of wonder and amazement with some, and of speculation with others, and of ridicule and contempt with the most, not the effect of wine, but the fulfilment of a prophecy in Joel 2:28 and is that effusion of the Spirit there foretold; and this prophecy is by the Jews themselves allowed to belong to the world to come, or to the times of the Messiah. Some of their commentators o say, that it refers לעתיד, "to time to come"; by which they frequently mean the times of the Messiah; and another says p expressly, that they belong לימית המשיח, "to the days of the Messiah"; and in one of their Midrashes q it is observed, that

"the holy blessed God says in this world they prophesy single, (particular persons,) but "in the world to come" all "Israel" shall become prophets, as it is said, Joel 2:28 "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, and your old men", &c. So expounds R. Tanchums with R. Aba.''

o Jarchi in Joel ii. 28. & R. Jeshuah in Aben Ezra in loc. p R. David Kimchi in loc. q Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 15. fol. 219. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This is that - This is the fulfillment of that, or this was predicted. This was the second part of Peter’s argument, to show that this was in accordance with the predictions in their own Scriptures.

By the prophet Joel - Joel 2:28-32. This is not quoted literally, either from the Hebrew or the Septuagint. The substance, however, is preserved.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 2:16. Spoken by the prophet Joel — The prophecy which he delivered so long ago is just now fulfilled; and this is another proof that Jesus whom ye have crucified is the Messiah.


 
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