Acts 2:16

Christian Standard Bible ®

On the contrary, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

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:

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:

Contemporary English Version
But this is what God had the prophet Joel say,

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 But Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed to them: "Men of Judah and all you residents of Jerusalem, let me explain this to you and pay attention to my words. ¹⁵ For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it's only nine in the morning. ¹⁶ On the contrary, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: ¹⁷ And it will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity; then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. ¹⁸ I will even pour out My Spirit on My male and female slaves in those days, and they will prophesy. ¹⁹ I will display wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood and fire and a cloud of smoke. ²⁰ The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and remarkable Day of the Lord comes. ²¹ Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. ²² "Men of Israel, listen to these words: This Jesus the Nazarene was a man pointed out to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through Him, just as you yourselves know. ²³ Though He was delivered up according to God's determined plan and foreknowledge, you used lawless people to nail Him to a cross and kill Him.

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 in them were completed.

Genesis 2:2
By the seventh day God completed His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done.

Genesis 2:9
The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

1 Samuel 15:22
Then Samuel said: Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord ? Look: to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.

1 Timothy 4:4
For everything created by God is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

1 Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

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.