Acts 2:16

Weymouth New Testament

But that which was predicted through the Prophet Joel has happened:

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,

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:

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 ,

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 Peter however, together with the Eleven, stood up and addressed them in a loud voice. "Men of Judaea, and all you inhabitants of Jerusalem," he said, "be in no uncertainty about this matter but pay attention to what I say. ¹⁵ For this is not intoxication, as you suppose, it being only the third hour of the day. ¹⁶ But that which was predicted through the Prophet Joel has happened: ¹⁷ "And it shall come to pass in the last days, God says, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all mankind; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall have dreams; ¹⁸ and even upon My bondservants, both men and women, at that time, I will pour out My Spirit, and they shall prophesy. ¹⁹ I will display marvels in the sky above, and signs on the earth below, blood and fire, and pillars of smoke. ²⁰ The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, to usher in the day of the Lord-- that great and illustrious day; ²¹ and every one who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.' ²² "Listen, Israelites, to what I say. Jesus, the Nazarene, a man accredited to you from God by miracles and marvels and signs which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know, Him-- ²³ delivered up through God's settled purpose and foreknowledge--you by the hands of Gentiles have nailed to a cross and have put to death.

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

1 Timothy 4:4
For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.

1 Timothy 6:17
Impress on those who are rich in the present age that they must not be haughty nor set their hopes on riches--that unstable foundation--but on God who provides us richly with all things 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.