Acts 2:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁶ But what you see happening is simply [the fulfillment of] what was predicted by the prophet Joel [2:28ff],

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But [instead] this is [the beginning of] what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ but this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Rather, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But this is what was spoken of by the prophet Joel:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ But this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel:

Acts 2:16 Cross References

Acts 2:15

For these men [i.e., the twelve apostles] are not drunk as you suppose, since it is only nine o'clock in the morning. [Note: The use of Jewish time calculations are employed in this verse].

Acts 2:17

God said that ‘in the last days [of the Jewish nation (?)] I will pour out My Holy Spirit upon all people [i.e., both Jews and Gentiles], and your sons and daughters will speak out [in prophecies] and your young men will see [supernatural] visions, and your old men will have [supernatural] dreams.