Acts 2:16

Contemporary English Version

But this is what God had the prophet Joel say,

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
No, what you are seeing here today is what the great cowboy Joel had predicted when God said through him,

Legacy Standard Bible
but this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:

Bible in Basic English
But this is the thing which was said by the prophet Joel;

Darby Translation
but this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel,

New King James Version
But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

Christian Standard Bible®
On the contrary, this is what was spoken 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:

King James Version (1611)
But this is that which was spoken by the Prophet Ioel,

Literal Translation
But this is that which has been spoken by 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 ,

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

American Standard Version
but this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:

Revised Standard Version
but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But this is that which was spoken by ye Prophete Iohel:

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,

Young's Literal Translation
`But this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:

New Century Version
But Joel the prophet wrote about what is happening here today:

New English Translation
But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:

Berean Standard Bible
No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

Complete Jewish Bible
No, this is what was spoken about through the prophet Yo'el:

English Standard Version
But this is what was uttered 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:

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:

Etheridge Translation
But this is that spoken of by Joel the prophet:

Murdock Translation
But this is what was spoken by Joel the prophet:

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.

English Revised Version
but this is that which hath been spoken by the prophet Joel;

New Revised Standard
No, this is what was spoken through 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:

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:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But this is that which was spoken by the prophete Ioel:

Easy-to-Read Version
But Joel the prophet wrote about what you see happening here today. This is what he wrote:

New American Standard Bible
but this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:

Good News Translation
Instead, this is what the prophet Joel spoke about:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but this it is, that was seid bi the prophete Johel,

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ Peter stood with the eleven apostles and spoke in a loud and clear voice to the crowd: Friends and everyone else living in Jerusalem, listen carefully to what I have to say! ¹⁵ You are wrong to think that these people are drunk. After all, it is only nine o'clock in the morning. ¹⁶ But this is what God had the prophet Joel say, ¹⁷ "When the last days come, I will give my Spirit to everyone. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams. ¹⁸ In those days I will give my Spirit to my servants, both men and women, and they will prophesy. ¹⁹ I will work miracles in the sky above and wonders on the earth below. There will be blood and fire and clouds of smoke. ²⁰ The sun will turn dark, and the moon will be as red as blood before the great and wonderful day of the Lord appears. ²¹ Then the Lord will save everyone who asks for his help." ²² Now, listen to what I have to say about Jesus from Nazareth. God proved that he sent Jesus to you by having him work miracles, wonders, and signs. All of you know this. ²³ God had already planned and decided that Jesus would be handed over to you. So you took him and had evil men put him to death on a cross.

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 and everything else were created.

Genesis 2:2

The Seventh Day

By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested.

Genesis 2:9
The Lord God placed all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees in the garden. Two other trees were in the middle of the garden. One of the trees gave life—the other gave the power to know the difference between right and wrong.

1 Samuel 15:22
"Tell me," Samuel said. "Does the Lord really want sacrifices and offerings? No! He doesn't want your sacrifices. He wants you to obey him.

1 Timothy 4:4
Everything God created is good. And if you give thanks, you may eat anything.

1 Timothy 6:17
Warn the rich people of this world not to be proud or to trust in wealth that is easily lost. Tell them to have faith in God, who is rich and blesses us with everything we need to enjoy life.

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.