John Gill's Exposition on Acts 2:16

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 (<290228>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 f110 say, that it refers dyt[l, “to time to come”; by which they frequently mean the times of the Messiah; and another says f111 expressly, that they belong jyçmh tymyl, “to the days of the Messiah”; and in one of their Midrashes f112 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, (<290228>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”, etc. So expounds R. Tanchums with R. Aba.”

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