Hechos 2:18

18 En esos días derramaré mi Espírituaun sobre mis siervos y mis siervas,y profetizarán.

Hechos 2:18 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 2:18

And on my servants, and on my handmaidens
In Joel it is only the servants and the handmaids; and which Kimchi interprets of strangers that should stand in the land of Israel, and serve the Israelites. But these phrases do not seem so much to describe the civil state and condition of those persons, as their religious character, being such as were brought, by the power of divine grace, to yield a cheerful obedience to the will of God; though it may also regard the former, and show, that with God there is no distinction and difference of bond or free, of rich or poor; contrary to a maxim of the Jews ^F19, that the Shekinah does not dwell but upon a wise man, a mighty man, and a rich man.

I will pour out, in those days, of my Spirit, and they shall
prophesy;
see the note on the preceding verse, from whence this clause, "and they shall prophesy", is repeated; for it is not in the text in Joel; which is done to point at the end and effect of the Spirit being poured down upon them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 92. 1.

Hechos 2:18 In-Context

16 En realidad lo que pasa es lo que anunció el profeta Joel:

17 »“Sucederá que en los últimos días —dice Dios—,derramaré mi Espíritu sobre todo el género humano.Los hijos y las hijas de ustedes profetizarán,tendrán visiones los jóvenesy sueños los ancianos.

18 En esos días derramaré mi Espírituaun sobre mis siervos y mis siervas,y profetizarán.

19 Arriba en el cielo y abajo en la tierra mostraré prodigios:sangre, fuego y nubes de humo.

20 El sol se convertirá en tinieblasy la luna en sangreantes que llegue el día del Señor, día grande y esplendoroso.