“But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;”
No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel — Peter grounds the Pentecost event in OT Scripture (Joel 2:28-32 [LXX 3:1-5]), showing that the Spirit's outpouring fulfills God's ancient promise. The identification of present events with prophetic fulfillment (touto estin to eireimen, this is the thing spoken) establishes typological continuity between OT promise and present experience. Scripture interprets experience; experience validates Scripture.
Church Fathers on Acts 2:16
[He men of Judea, and all you that dwell at Jerusalem,] whom the writer above described as strangers. Here he directs his discourse to those others, the mockers, and while he seems to reason with those, he sets these right. For indeed it was divinely ordered that some mocked, that he might have a starting-point for his defense, and by means of that defense, might teach. [And all you that dwell in Jerusalem.] It seems they accounted it a high encomium to dwell in Jerusalem…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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