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Acts 2:18

Acts 2:18
And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And on my servants, and on my handmaidens,.... In Joel it is only the servants and the handmaids; and which Kimchi…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

And on my servants - The Hebrew text in Joel is “upon the servants.” The Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate, however,…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

On my servants and on my handmaidens - This properly means persons of the lowest condition, such as male and female…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Acts 2:14-36

We have here the first-fruits of the Spirit in the sermon which Peter preached immediately, directed, not to those of…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

and on my servants, &c. The conjunctions of the original demand a stronger rendering. Yea and, &c.

and they shall…

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