14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These …

Peter’s one-sentence introduction, “No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel” (Acts 2:16), refutes mockery, identifies the event as prophetic fulfillment, upholds the authority of God’s spoken word, …

Aug 4, 2025 · When Peter declares, “But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel,” he is providing context and deeper meaning to the miraculous events unfolding before the crowd.

Peter does not say these were the last days, but this (that follows) is what Joel says of those days. He does not say "then was fulfilled", nor "as it is written", but merely calls attention to what the prophet …

Peter said it in a very few words: “ This is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel” (Acts 2:16). The question he must answer in his sermon then is, “What was spoken about through the prophet …

Hundreds of years later the apostle Peter stands up on the day of Pentecost and announces the fulfillment of this prophecy, and he says in Acts 2:16, "This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel."

14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These …

Acts 02:16 “But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;” King James Version (KJV)

And notice that Peter never said that the signs on the Day of Pentecost completely fulfilled Joel’s prophecy. In verse 16 he said, “But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel.”

Peter references the prophet Joel, an Old Testament figure whose writings are part of the Minor Prophets. Joel's prophecy, found in Joel 2:28-32, speaks of the outpouring of the Spirit in the last days.