Acts 2:16

Myles Coverdale Bible

but this is it, that was spoke before by the prophet Ioel:

Parallel Translations

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

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

King James Version
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

English Standard Version
But this is what was uttered 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:

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

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:

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:

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

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

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:

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

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,

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;

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:

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

English Revised Version
but this is that which hath been 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:

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

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,

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:

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:

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:

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

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

Mace New Testament (1729)
but this is the accomplishment of what was said 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,

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ Then stode Peter vp with the eleuen, and lift vp his voyce, and sayde vnto them: Ye men of Iewry, and all ye that dwell at Ierusale, be this knowne vnto you, and let my wordes entre in at youre eares. ¹⁵ For these are not dronken, as ye suppose, for it is yet but the thirde houre of ye daye: ¹⁶ but this is it, that was spoke before by the prophet Ioel: ¹⁷ And it shal come to passe in the last dayes, sayeth God, I will poure out of my sprete vpon all flesh, and youre sonnes and youre doughters shal prophecye, and youre yonge men shal se visions and youre olde men shall dreame dreames, ¹⁸ and on my seruauntes and on my handmaydens wyll I poure out of my sprete in those dayes, & they shal prophecye. ¹⁹ And I wil shewe wonders in heauen aboue, and tokens on the earth beneth, bloude and fyre, and the vapoure of smoke. ²⁰ The Sonne shalbe turned in to darknesse, and the Moone in to bloude, before that greate and notable daye of the LORDE come. ²¹ And it shall come to passe, Who so euer shal call vpo the name of the LORDE, shalbe saued. ²² Ye men of Israel, heare these wordes: Iesus of Nazareth, ye man approued of God amonge you with miracles, and wonders and tokens, which God dyd by him in the myddes amonge you, as ye yor selues knowe also, ²³ him (after that he was delyuered by the determinate councell and foreknowlege of God) haue ye taken by the handes of vnrighteous personnes, and crucifyed him, & slayne 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
Thus was heaue and earth fynished with all their hoost,

Genesis 2:2
and thus in the seuenth daye God ended his worke, which he had made, & rested in the seuenth daye from all his workes which he had made:

Genesis 2:9
And the LORDE God caused to sprynge out of the earth all maner trees, pleasaut to loke vpo, and good to eate: and the tre of life in the myddest of the garden, and the tre of knowlege of good and euell.

1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel saide: Hath the LORDE pleasure in sacrifices and burntofferynges, as in obeynge the voyce of the LORDE? Beholde, obedience is better then offerynge, and to herken is better then the fat of rammes.

1 Timothy 4:4
For euery creature off God is good, and nothinge to be refused, yt is receaued with thankesgeuynge:

1 Timothy 6:17
Charge the which are riche in this worlde, that they be not proude, ner trust in the vncertayne riches, but in the lyuynge God (which geueth vs abundauntly all thinges to enioye them:)

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.