Acts 2:17
God says, ‘In the last days I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
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16What's happening is what was predicted by the prophet Joel:
18I will pour out my Spirit on my servants, both male and female, and they will prophesy.
Cross References
Genesis 6:12God recognized that the corruption in the world was due to everyone on earth living corrupt lives.
Psalms 65:2You hear our prayers; everyone comes to you.
Proverbs 1:23Pay attention to my warnings, and I'll pour out my deepest thoughts to you—I'll explain what I know to you.
Isaiah 32:15until the Spirit is poured out on us from above, and the desert becomes like a good field full of crops, and a good field will grow like a forest.
Isaiah 44:3For I'm going to pour out water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground. I'm going to pour out my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your children.
Isaiah 66:23Everyone will come and worship me, from one New Moon to the next, and from one Sabbath to the next, says the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Acts 2:15-37
Peter's Sermon at Jerusalem. 14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and… Read the whole commentary →