Joel 2:28 BSB — MannaFest

Joel 2:28

And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

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ASV

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, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

KJV

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, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And it shall come to pass afterward,.... After the teacher of righteousness has been sent, and a plentiful rain of the Gospel has been let down in the land of Judea, in the ministry of John the Baptist, Christ and his apostles, and such a comfortable enjoyment of the blessings of grace in it, and the knowledge of God by it; and after the wonderful work of redemption wrought by Christ. R.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Shall prophesy - This was in part fulfilled according to the letter in the first days of the gospel; but the promise means farther, by pouring out of the spirit on your sons and your daughters, they shall have as full a knowledge of the mysteries of God's law, as prophets before time had. Shalt dream dreams - This also was literally fulfilled in the apostles days.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

That was the gift of the Spirit, which, according to this prediction, was to come, and we are not to look for any other, any more than for another accomplishment of the promise of the Messiah. The blessing itself here promised is the pouring out of the Spirit of God, his gifts, graces, and comforts, which the blessed Spirit is the author of.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Shall come to pass afterward - אחרי כן acharey ken, “after this;” the same, says Kimchi, as in the latter days, which always refers to the days of the Messiah; and thus this prophecy is to be interpreted: and we have the testimony of St. Peter, Act 2:17, that this prophecy relates to that mighty effusion of the Holy Spirit which took place after the day of pentecost. Nor is there any evidence that such an effusion took place, nor such effects were produced, from the days of this prophet till the day of pentecost.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָיָ֣ה	ve.ha.Yah	and it will be	H1961 →
אַֽחֲרֵי־	'a.cha.rei-	after	H310 →
כֵ֗ן	Khen	thus	H3651 →
אֶשְׁפּ֤וֹךְ	'esh.Pokh	I will pour out	H8210 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
רוּחִי֙	ru.Chi	spirit my	H7307 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
בָּשָׂ֔ר	ba.Sar	flesh	H1320 →
וְנִבְּא֖וּ	ve.ni.be.'U	and they will prophesy	H5012 →
בְּנֵיכֶ֣ם	be.nei.Khem	sons your	H1121 →
וּבְנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם	u.ve.no.tei.Khem	and daughters your	H1323 →
זִקְנֵיכֶם֙	zik.nei.Khem	old [men] your	H2205 →
חֲלֹמ֣וֹת	cha.lo.Mot	dreams	H2472 →
יַחֲלֹמ֔וּן	ya.cha.lo.Mun	they will dream !	H2492 →
בַּח֣וּרֵיכֶ֔ם	ba.Chu.rei.Khem	young men your	H970 →
חֶזְיֹנ֖וֹת	chez.yo.Not	visions	H2384 →
יִרְאֽוּ׃	yir.'U	they will see	H7200 →

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

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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
Acts 2:39
This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
leads to
- Isaiah 44:3
  For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 8:30
  And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
- Genesis 17:7–8
  I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Joel 2:32
  And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by…
Through
Isaiah 32:15
until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
leads to
- Isaiah 29:17
  In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
- Ezekiel 39:29
  And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Titus 3:5–6
  He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
Through
Ezekiel 39:29
And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
leads to
- 1 John 3:24
  Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Joel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Joel