Acts 2:17
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:”
υἱός
Son, descendant, one sharing the nature of. Huios. You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Sonship through faith is the highest status available to a human being.
σάρξ
flesh
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σάρξ
Flesh, body, human nature. Sarx. The Word became flesh. God took on human nature completely. He knows from the inside what it means to be human. He is not a distant deity.
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θεός
God,
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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πνεῦμα
Spirit
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πνεῦμα
Spirit, breath, wind. Pneuma. God is Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, God living inside every believer. He leads guides comforts and empowers.
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προφήτης
Prophesy
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προφήτης
Prophet, one who speaks forth. Prophetes. No prophecy was ever produced by the will of man. The prophets spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
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ὅρασις
visions
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ὅρασις
Sight, vision, the act of seeing. We walk by faith not by sight. The visible is temporary. The invisible is eternal. Train your spiritual eyes to see what faith sees.
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ὀπτάνομαι
will behold
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ὀπτάνομαι
To see, to appear, to be visible. He appeared to Peter then to the twelve. The resurrection appearances were real physical encounters not visions or hallucinations.
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ἐκχέω
I will pour out
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ἐκχέω
To pour out, to shed. Ekcheo. I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh. Pentecost was the fulfilment of Joel's prophecy. The Spirit is still being poured out today.
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λέγω
says
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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ἡμέρα
days,
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ἡμέρα
Day. Hemera. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is a gift from God. The right response to any day is rejoicing in the One who gave it.
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πρεσβύτερος
elders
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πρεσβύτερος
older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter"
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ἔσχατος
last
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ἔσχατος
Last, final. I am the first and the last. Jesus holds both ends of time. Nothing catches Him by surprise and nothing is beyond His reach.
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προφητεύω
will prophesy
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προφητεύω
to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, exercise the prophetic office
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θυγάτηρ
daughters
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θυγάτηρ
a female child, or (by Hebraism) descendant (or inhabitant)
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ἐνύπνιον
dreams
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ἐνύπνιον
something seen in sleep, i.e. a dream (vision in a dream)
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εἰμί
it will be
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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νεανίσκος
young men
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νεανίσκος
a youth (under forty)
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ἐνυπνιάζομαι
will dream.
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ἐνυπνιάζομαι
to dream
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