Discovery BoxActs 2:16-17 
Context2:16 But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel: 1
2:17 ‘And in the last days 2 it will be,’ God says,
‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, 3
and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
and your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.
Acts 2:41
Context2:41 So those who accepted 4 his message 5 were baptized, and that day about three thousand people 6 were added. 7
1 sn Note how in the quotation that follows all genders, ages, and classes are included. The event is like a hope Moses expressed in Num 11:29.
2 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.”
3 tn Grk “on all flesh.”
4 tn Or “who acknowledged the truth of.”
5 tn Grk “word.”
6 tn Grk “souls” (here an idiom for the whole person).
7 tn Or “were won over.”
