Discovery BoxActs 2:17 
Context2:17 ‘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
Context16:18 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
Context28:27 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
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.
