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Butἀλλὰthisτοῦτόisἐστινwhatτὸwas spokenεἰρημένονthroughδιὰthe prophetτοῦ προφήτουJoel:Ἰωήλ
Acts 2:16
Study it in the app“But this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 2:16, word by word
- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- was spokenεἰρημένονeirēmenon
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eirēmenon” appears- the prophetπροφήτουprophētou
prophet
Someone who speaks for God.
Where else “prophētou” appears- JoelἸωήλIōēl
Joel
Joel, a prophet of the Old Testament.
Where else “Iōēl” appears
The context
15For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day.
16 · This verse (above)
17‘And it will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out from my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams;
To study Acts 2 in a group
1. What it says
What happened on the day of Pentecost when the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit, and what did the crowd hear? (vv. 4-8)
2. What it means
Peter explains what happened using the Scriptures and Jesus. What does he want the people to understand about Jesus? (vv. 22-36)
3. How I live it
The first believers shared teaching, meals and possessions (vv. 42-45). What could you share this week with someone close to you?