Acts 2:17

Easy To Read Version

‘God says:\par In the last days,\par I will pour out (give) my Spirit {\cf2\super [25]} \par on all people.\par Your sons and daughters will prophesy. {\cf2\super [26]} \par Your young men will see visions. {\cf2\super [27]} \par Your old men will have special dreams.\par

Cross References

Genesis 49:1

Then Jacob called all his sons to him. He said, “All my sons, come here to me. I will tell you what will happen in the future.

Psalm 65:2

We tell about the things you have done.\par And you hear our prayers.\par You hear the prayers of every person who comes to you.\par

Psalm 72:6

Help the king be\par like rain falling on the fields,\par like showers falling on the land.\par

Proverbs 1:23

You should have listened to my advice and teaching. I would have told you everything I knew. I would have given you all of my knowledge.

Isaiah 2:2

In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s temple {\cf2\super [17]} will be on the highest of the mountains. It will be raised higher than all the hills. There will be a steady stream of people from all nations going there.

Isaiah 40:5

Then, the Glory of the Lord {\cf2\super [373]} \par will be revealed (shown).\par And together, all people\par will see the Lord’s Glory.\par Yes, the Lord himself said these things!”\par

Isaiah 44:3

“I will pour water for thirsty people. I will make streams flow on dry land. I will pour my Spirit on your children—it will be like a stream of water flowing over your family.

Isaiah 49:26

“Those people hurt you.\par But I will force those people\par to eat their own bodies.\par Their own blood will be\par the wine that makes them drunk.\par Then every person will know that\par the Lord saved you.\par All people will know that\par the Powerful One of Jacob saved you.”\par

Isaiah 66:23

All people will come to worship me on every worship day; they will come every Sabbath {\cf2\super [489]} and every first day of the month. {\cf2\super [490]}

Ezekiel 11:19

I will bring them together and make them like one person. I will put a new spirit {\cf2\super [98]} in them. I will take away that heart of stone, and I will put a real heart in its place.

Ezekiel 39:29

I will pour my Spirit onto the family of Israel. And after that time, I will never turn away from my people again.” The Lord my Master said those things.

Daniel 10:14

Now I have come to you Daniel, to explain to you what will happen to your people in the future. The vision is about a time in the future.’

Hosea 3:5

After this the people of Israel will come back. Then they will look for the Lord their God, and for David their king. In the last days, they will come to honor the Lord and his goodness.

Micah 4:1

In the last days,\par the mountain of the Lord’s temple {\cf2\super [47]} will be on the highest of all mountains.\par It will be raised higher than the hills.\par There will be a steady stream of people\par going there.\par

Zechariah 2:13

Everyone, be quiet!\par The Lord is coming out of his holy house.\par

Luke 3:6

Every person will know about\par the salvation of God!’”\par \i (Isaiah 40:3-5)\i0 \par

John 17:2

You gave the Son power over all people so that the Son could give eternal life to all those people you have given to him.

John 7:39

Jesus was talking about the \{Holy\} Spirit. {\cf2\super [115]} The Spirit had not yet been given to people, because Jesus had not yet \{died and\} been raised to glory. But later, those people that believed in Jesus would receive the Spirit.

Acts 10:45

The Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed. They were amazed that the Holy Spirit was poured out (given) to the non-Jewish people too.

Acts 11:27

About that same time some prophets {\cf2\super [229]} went from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Acts 11:28

One of these prophets was named Agabus. In Antioch, Agabus stood up and spoke. With the help of the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [230]} he said, “A very bad time is coming to the whole world. There will be no food for people to eat.” (This time without food happened when Claudius was emperor. {\cf2\super [231]})

Acts 2:16

But Joel the prophet {\cf2\super [24]} wrote about the things you see happening here today. This is what Joel wrote:

Acts 2:18

At that time,\par I will pour out (give) my Spirit {\cf2\super [28]} \par on my servants, men and women,\par and they will prophesy. {\cf2\super [29]} \par

Acts 2:33

Jesus was lifted up to heaven. Now Jesus is with God, at God’s right side. The Father (God) has now given the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [37]} to Jesus. The Holy Spirit is what God promised to give. So now Jesus is pouring out (giving) that Spirit. This is what you see and hear.

Acts 21:9

He had four daughters who were not married. These daughters had the gift of prophesying. {\cf2\super [416]}

Romans 5:5

And this hope will never disappoint us—\{it will never fail\}. Why? Because God has poured out his love to fill our hearts. God gave us his love through the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [48]} That Holy Spirit was a gift to us from God.

1 Corinthians 12:10

The Spirit gives to another person the power to do miracles, {\cf2\super [84]} to another person the ability to prophesy, {\cf2\super [85]} to another person the ability to know the difference between good and evil spirits. The Spirit gives one person the ability to speak in different kinds of languages, and to another person the ability to interpret those languages.

1 Corinthians 12:28

And in the church God has given a place first to apostles, {\cf2\super [89]} second to prophets, {\cf2\super [90]} and third to teachers. Then God has given a place to those people that do miracles, {\cf2\super [91]} those people that have gifts of healing, those people that can help others, those people that are able to lead, and those people that can speak in different kinds of languages.

Hebrews 1:2

And now in these last days God has spoken to us again. God has spoken to us through his Son. God made the whole world through his Son. And God has chosen his Son to have all things.

James 5:3

Your gold and silver will rust, and that rust will be a proof that you were wrong. That rust will eat your bodies like fire. You saved your treasure in the last days.

2 Peter 3:3

It is important for you to understand what will happen in the last days. People will laugh \{at you\}. Those people will live following the evil things they want to do.