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Acts 2:16 — King James Version← Study notes

But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;


Acts 2:16Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 2:169 words
GreekMeaning
ἀλλὰalla
butwordG235
τοῦτόtouto
thisdemonstrativeG3778
ἐστινestin
isverbG1510
τὸto
thatarticleG3588
εἰρημένονeirēmenon
spokenverbG3004
διὰdia
throughprepositionG1223
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
προφήτουprophētou
prophetnounG4396
ἸωήλIōēl
JoelnounG2493
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 5 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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