Acts 2:17

2:17 ‘And in the last days ¹  it will be,’ God says,

‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, ² 

and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,

and your young men will see visions,

and your old men will dream dreams.

Acts 16:18

16:18 She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became greatly annoyed, ³  and turned ⁴  and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ ⁵  to come out of her!” And it came out of her at once. ⁶ 

Acts 28:27

28:27 For the heart of this people has become dull, ⁷ 

and their ears are hard of hearing, ⁸ 

and they have closed their eyes,

so that they would not see with their eyes

and hear with their ears

and understand with their heart

and turn, ⁹  and I would heal them.”’ ¹⁰ 

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¹ sn The phrase in the last days is not quoted from Joel, but represents Peter’s interpretive explanation of the current events as falling “in the last days.”

² tn Grk “on all flesh.”

³ tn Grk “becoming greatly annoyed.” The participle διαπονηθείς (diaponhqei") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. The aorist has been translated as an ingressive aorist (entry into a state or condition). See BDAG 235 s.v. διαπονέομαι.

⁴ tn Grk “and turning.” The participle ἐπιστρέψας (epistreya") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁵ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

⁶ tn BDAG 1102-3 s.v. ὥρα 2.c has “at that very time, at once, instantly” for the usage in this verse.

⁷ tn Or “insensitive.”

sn The heart of this people has become dull. The charge from Isaiah is like Stephen’s against the Jews of Jerusalem (Acts 7:51-53). They were a hard-hearted and disobedient people.

⁸ tn Grk “they hear heavily with their ears” (an idiom for slow comprehension).

⁹ sn Note how the failure to respond to the message of the gospel is seen as a failure to turn.

¹⁰ sn A quotation from Isa 6:9-10.