Acts 2:17 (GNV)

Passage

And it shalbe in the last daies, saith God, I wil powre out of my Spirite vpon al flesh, and your sonnes, and your daughters shall prophecie, and your yong men shall see visions, and your old men shall dreame dreames.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:15 For these are not drunken, as yee suppose, since it is but the third houre of the day.

Acts 2:16 But this is that, which was spoken by the Prophet Ioel,

Acts 2:17 And it shalbe in the last daies, saith God, I wil powre out of my Spirite vpon al flesh, and your sonnes, and your daughters shall prophecie, and your yong men shall see visions, and your old men shall dreame dreames.

Acts 2:18 And on my seruauntes, and on mine handmaides I will powre out of my Spirite in those daies, and they shall prophecie.

Acts 2:19 And I wil shew wonders in heauen aboue, and tokens in the earth beneath, blood, and fire, and the vapour of smoke.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "shalbe", "last", "daies", "saith", "powre", "spirite", and "vpon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "shalbe", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "But this is that which was spoken..." into verse 18's "And on my seruauntes and on mine...", so "Spirit" and "shalbe" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "shalbe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.