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Acts 2:16-21 GNB
Instead, this is what the prophet Joel spoke about: (17) 'This is what I will do in the last days, God says: I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will proclaim my message; your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams. (18) Yes, even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will proclaim my message. (19) I will perform miracles in the sky above and wonders on the earth below. There will be blood, fire, and thick smoke; (20) the sun will be darkened, and the moon will turn red as blood, before the great and glorious Day of the LORD ( יהוה ) comes. (21) And then, whoever calls out to the LORD ( יהוה ) for help will be saved.'
God is pouring out his spirit on his servants, in these last days, through the words of Christ. Reading from Matthew, Mark, Luke or John is eating the flesh and drinking the blood of Christ. [John 6:52-58] It is the act of taking in God's spirit. [John 6:63]
Acts 2:16-21 NWT
16 On the contrary, this is what was said through the prophet Joel, 17 '"And in the last days," God says, "I shall pour out some of my spirit upon every sort of flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy and your young men will see visions and your old men will dream dreams; 18 and even upon my men slaves and upon my women slaves I will pour out some of my spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 19 And I will give portents in heaven above and signs on earth below, blood and fire and smoke mist; 20 the sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and illustrious day of Jehovah ( יהוה ) arrives. 21 And everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah ( יהוה ) will be saved."' [Joel 2:32]
Acts 2:16-21 ALT
(16) "_But_ this is the [thing] having been spoken by the prophet Joel:
(17) 'And it will be in the last days, says God, [that] I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh [fig., all of humanity]; and your* sons and your* daughters will prophesy, and your* young men will see visions, and your* old men will dream dreams.
(18) 'And even upon My slave-men and upon My slave-women, in those days I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
(19) 'And I will give [fig., show] wonders in heaven [or, the sky] above and signs on the earth beneath-blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
(20) 'The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and glorious Day of [the] LORD comes.
(21) 'And it will be [that] every [one] who himself shall call on the name of [the] LORD will be saved!' [Joel 2:32]
Acts 2:16-21 LITV
(16) But this is that which has been spoken by the prophet Joel,
(17) "And it shall be" in the last days, God says, "I will pour from My Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy;" "and your young men shall see visions," "and your old men shall dream dreams;"
(18) "and also I will pour out My Spirit on My slaves and slave women in those days," and they shall prophesy.
(19) "And I will give wonders in the heaven above," and miraculous signs "on the earth below, blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
(20) The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the" "coming of the great and glorious" "day of the Lord."
(21) "And it shall be that everyone who shall call on the name of the [LORD] will be saved." [Joel 2:32]
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The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
KJV - King James Version
MKJV - Modern King James Version
NWT - New World Translation
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
RV - Revised Version
YLT - Young's Literal Translation