Acts 2:17

New Living Translation

‘In the last days,’ God says, ‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

Cross References

Genesis 49:1

Then Jacob called together all his sons and said, “Gather around me, and I will tell you what will happen to each of you in the days to come.

Genesis 6:12

God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.

Psalm 65:2

for you answer our prayers. All of us must come to you.

Psalm 72:6

May the king’s rule be refreshing like spring rain on freshly cut grass, like the showers that water the earth.

Proverbs 1:23

Come and listen to my counsel. I’ll share my heart with you and make you wise.

Isaiah 2:2

In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house will be the highest of all— the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.

Isaiah 40:5

Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together. The Lord has spoken!”

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour out water to quench your thirst and to irrigate your parched fields. And I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your children.

Isaiah 49:26

I will feed your enemies with their own flesh. They will be drunk with rivers of their own blood. All the world will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel.”

Isaiah 66:23

“All humanity will come to worship me from week to week and from month to month.

Ezekiel 11:19

And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart,

Ezekiel 39:29

And I will never again turn my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit upon the people of Israel. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

Daniel 10:14

Now I am here to explain what will happen to your people in the future, for this vision concerns a time yet to come.”

Hosea 3:5

But afterward the people will return and devote themselves to the Lord their God and to David’s descendant, their king. In the last days, they will tremble in awe of the Lord and of his goodness.

Micah 4:1

In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house will be the highest of all— the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.

Zechariah 12:10

“Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who has died.

Zechariah 2:13

Be silent before the Lord, all humanity, for he is springing into action from his holy dwelling.”

Luke 3:6

And then all people will see the salvation sent from God.’”

John 17:2

For you have given him authority over everyone. He gives eternal life to each one you have given him.

John 7:39

(When he said “living water,” he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.)

Acts 10:45

The Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles, too.

Acts 11:27

During this time some prophets traveled from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Acts 11:28

One of them named Agabus stood up in one of the meetings and predicted by the Spirit that a great famine was coming upon the entire Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the reign of Claudius.)

Acts 2:16

No, what you see was predicted long ago by the prophet Joel:

Acts 2:18

In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on my servants—men and women alike— and they will prophesy.

Acts 2:33

Now he is exalted to the place of highest honor in heaven, at God’s right hand. And the Father, as he had promised, gave him the Holy Spirit to pour out upon us, just as you see and hear today.

Acts 21:9

He had four unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophecy.

Romans 5:5

And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.

1 Corinthians 12:10

He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said.

1 Corinthians 12:28

Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church: first are apostles, second are prophets, third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the gift of healing, those who can help others, those who have the gift of leadership, those who speak in unknown languages.

Hebrews 1:2

And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe.

James 5:3

Your gold and silver are corroded. The very wealth you were counting on will eat away your flesh like fire. This corroded treasure you have hoarded will testify against you on the day of judgment.

2 Peter 3:3

Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires.