Acts 2:16

Easy-to-Read Version

But Joel the prophet wrote about what you see happening here today. This is what he wrote:

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,

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:

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 Then Peter stood up with the other eleven apostles. He spoke loudly so that all the people could hear. He said, "My Jewish brothers and all of you who live in Jerusalem, listen to me. I will tell you something you need to know. Listen carefully. ¹⁵ These men are not drunk as you think; it's only nine o'clock in the morning. ¹⁶ But Joel the prophet wrote about what you see happening here today. This is what he wrote: ¹⁷ ‘God says: In the last days I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will have special dreams. ¹⁸ In those days I will pour out my Spirit on my servants, men and women, and they will prophesy. ¹⁹ I will work wonders in the sky above. I will cause miraculous signs on the earth below. There will be blood, fire, and thick smoke. ²⁰ The sun will be changed into darkness, and the moon will be as red as blood. Then the great and glorious day of the Lord will come. ²¹ And everyone who trusts in the Lord will be saved.' ²² "My fellow Israelites, listen to these words: Jesus from Nazareth was a very special man. God clearly showed this to you. He proved it by the miracles, wonders, and miraculous signs he did through Jesus. You all saw these things, so you know this is true. ²³ Jesus was handed over to you, and you killed him. With the help of evil men, you nailed him to a cross. But God knew all this would happen. It was his plan—a plan he made long ago.

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 earth, the sky, and everything in them were finished.

Genesis 2:2
God finished the work he was doing, so on the seventh day he rested from his work.

Genesis 2:9
Then the Lord God caused all the beautiful trees that were good for food to grow in the garden. In the middle of the garden, he put the tree of life and the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil.

1 Samuel 15:22
But Samuel answered, "Which pleases the Lord more: burnt offerings and sacrifices or obeying his commands? It is better to obey the Lord than to offer sacrifices to him. It is better to listen to him than to offer the fat from rams.

1 Timothy 4:4
Everything that God made is good. Nothing he made should be refused if it is accepted with thanks to him.

1 Timothy 6:17
Give this command to those who are rich with the things of this world. Tell them not to be proud. Tell them to hope in God, not their money. Money cannot be trusted, but God takes care of us richly. He gives us everything 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.