Acts 2:17

“Filled with the Holy Spirit the apostles began to proclaim "the mighty works of God," and Peter declared this outpouring of the Spirit to be the sign of the messianic age.” — Catechism footnote: Acts 2:11; Cf. 2:17-18.

“St. Peter will proclaim their fulfillment on the morning of Pentecost.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 2:17-21.

“For both the prophet and the apostle say, in the person of God,—“I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh.”” — editor's note: Joel ii. 28; Acts ii. 17.

“As I could, I have spoken; and as far as I can I see; and how far I see, I cannot speak.” — editor's note: [To spiritualize inebriation seems a difficult task; but as in heraldry we introduce the boar and the serpent for other qualities than their filth and their…

“…prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: and on my servants, and on my handmaidens I will pour out…of my spirit.”” — editor's note: Acts ii. 14–18.

“There was shewn to her also the spot where the Holy Spirit came down upon the souls of the one hundred and twenty believers, thus fulfilling the prophecy of Joel.” — editor's note: Acts ii. 16–21.

“…Almighty God, in His most gracious providence, by “pouring out of His Spirit in these last days, upon all flesh, upon His servants and on His handmaidens,” has checked these impostures of unbelief and perverseness, reanimated men’s faltering faith in the resurrection of the flesh, and cleared from all obscurity…” — editor's note: Joel ii. 28, 29; Acts ii. 17, 18. [See last sentence. He improves upon St. Peter’s interpretation of this text (as see below) by attributing his own clear…

“…then, Christ was announced by the Creator, “who formeth the lightning, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man His Christ,” as the prophet Joel says, since the entire hope of the Jews, not to say of the Gentiles too, was fixed on the manifestation of Christ,—it was demonstrated that they, by their being…” — editor's note: A supposed quotation of Amos iv. 13. See Oehler’s marginal reference. If so, the reference to Joel is either a slip of Tertullian or a corruption of his text;…

““It shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain (of the house) of the Lord shall be manifested”; “and in the last days I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh” as Joel says.” — editor's note: Joel iii. 28, as quoted by St. Peter, Acts ii. 17.

“Now was absolutely fulfilled that promise of the Spirit which was given by the word of Joel: “In the last days will I pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh, and their sons and their daughters shall prophesy; and upon my servants and upon my handmaids will I pour out of my Spirit.”” — editor's note: Joel ii. 28, 29, applied by St. Peter, Acts ii. 17, 18.

“…Prophet, It shall come to pass on the last day, saith the Lord, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and their sons and their daughters shall prophesy.” — editor's note: Acts ii. 16, 17.

“And indeed upon my servants and my handmaids in those days I will pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.”” — editor's note: Acts ii. 14–18.

Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 63.

Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 63.

Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 63.

Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 63.

Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 63.

Acts 2:17 takes up the words of Proverbs 1:23 (7 words in common).

Acts 2:17 takes up the words of Joel 2:28 (29 words in common).