Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 2:16

16 Zhè zhēng shì xiānzhī yuē Ěr suǒ shuō de . shén shuō , zaì mòhòu de rìzi , wǒ yào jiāng wǒde líng jiāo guàn fán yǒu xuèqì de .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 2:16 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 2:16

But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel.
] This affair, which is a matter of wonder and amazement with some, and of speculation with others, and of ridicule and contempt with the most, not the effect of wine, but the fulfilment of a prophecy in ( Joel 2:28-32 ) and is that effusion of the Spirit there foretold; and this prophecy is by the Jews themselves allowed to belong to the world to come, or to the times of the Messiah. Some of their commentators ^F15 say, that it refers (dytel) , "to time to come"; by which they frequently mean the times of the Messiah; and another says ^F16 expressly, that they belong (xyvmh tymyl) , "to the days of the Messiah"; and in one of their Midrashes ^F17 it is observed, that

``the holy blessed God says in this world they prophesy single, (particular persons,) but "in the world to come" all "Israel" shall become prophets, as it is said, ( Joel 2:28 ) "and it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your old men" So expounds R. Tanchums with R. Aba.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Jarchi in Joel ii. 28. & R. Jeshuah in Aben Ezra in loc.
F16 R. David Kimchi in loc.
F17 Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 15. fol. 219. 2.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 2:16 In-Context

14 Bǐdé hé shí yī gè shǐtú , zhàn qǐ , gāo shēng shuō , Yóutaìrén , hé yīqiè zhù zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng de rén nǎ , zhèxie shì nǐmen dàng zhīdào , yĕ dàng zè ĕr tīng wǒde huà .

15 Nǐmen xiǎng zhèxie rén shì zuì le , qíshí bù shì zuì le , yīnwei shíhou gāng dào sìchū .

16 Zhè zhēng shì xiānzhī yuē Ěr suǒ shuō de . shén shuō , zaì mòhòu de rìzi , wǒ yào jiāng wǒde líng jiāo guàn fán yǒu xuèqì de .

17 Shén shuō , zaì mòhòu de rìzi , wǒ yào jiāng wǒde líng jiāo guàn fán yǒu xuèqì de . nǐmen de érnǚ yào shuō yùyán . nǐmen de shàonián rén yào jiàn yìxiàng . lǎo nián rén yào zuò yì mèng .

18 Zaì nàxiē rìzi , wǒ yào jiāng wǒde líng jiāo guàn wǒde púrén hé shǐnǚ , tāmen jiù yào shuō yùyán .