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.
Peter’s Sermon
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose, asince it is only the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 ‘Anda it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
bThat I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and cyour daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams.
bThat I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and cyour daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams.
18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
aAnd they shall prophesy.
I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
aAnd they shall prophesy.
19 aI will show wonders in heaven above
And signs in the earth beneath:
Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
And signs in the earth beneath:
Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
20 aThe sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you aby miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know—
23 Him, abeing delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, byou have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;
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Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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