Acts 2:18 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 2:18

Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Yea and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days Will I pour forth of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.

KJV

And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And on my servants, and on my handmaidens,.... In Joel it is only the servants and the handmaids; and which Kimchi interprets of strangers that should stand in the land of Israel, and serve the Israelites.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It refers to the last days, the times of the gospel, which are called the last days because the dispensation of God's kingdom among men, which the gospel sets up, is the last dispensation of divine grace, and we are to look for no other than the continuation of this to the end of time.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The Jewish doctors taught that the Spirit came only upon wise and rich men, and such as were of the seed of Israel; but God will not tie himself to their rules. [2.] That the Spirit should be in them a Spirit of prophecy; by the Spirit they should be enabled to foretel things to come, and to preach the gospel to every creature.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

On my servants and on my handmaidens - This properly means persons of the lowest condition, such as male and female slaves. As the Jews asserted that the spirit of prophecy never rested upon a poor man, these words are quoted to show that, under the Gospel dispensation, neither bond nor free, male nor female, is excluded from sharing in the gifts and graces of the Divine Spirit.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καί	kai	and	G2532 →
γε	ge	even	G1065 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
δούλους	doulous	servants	G1401 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
δούλας	doulas	handmaidens	G1401 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ταῖς	tais	the	G3588 →
ἡμέραις	hēmerais	days	G2250 →
ἐκείναις	ekeinais	those	G1565 →
ἐκχεῶ	ekcheō	I will pour out	G1632 →
ἀπὸ	apo	of	G575 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
πνεύματός	pneumatos	Spirit	G4151 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
προφητεύσουσιν.	prophēteusousin	they will prophesy.	G4395 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 12:12–13
  The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
- Colossians 3:11
  Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- Romans 3:29–30
  Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
- Galatians 5:6
  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- Romans 10:12–15
  For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
Through
Colossians 3:11
Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
leads to
- Galatians 3:28–29
  There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 12:13
  For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
- Romans 10:12
  For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,