Acts 2:18 (LSB)

Passage

Even on My male slaves and female slaves, I will in those days pour out My Spirit And they shall prophesy.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:16 but this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

Acts 2:17 ‘And it shall be in the last days,’ God says, ‘That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams;

Acts 2:18 Even on My male slaves and female slaves, I will in those days pour out My Spirit And they shall prophesy.

Acts 2:19 And I will put wonders in the sky above And signs on the earth below, Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

Acts 2:20 The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood, Before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "even", "male", "slaves", "female", "days", and "pour". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "even", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "And it shall be in the last..." into verse 19's "And I will put wonders in the...", so "Spirit" and "even" 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 "even" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.