Joel 2:28

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joel 2:28

(28) I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh.—Holy Scripture is itself the interpreter of this most weighty promise. St. Peter’s quotation and application of it in the Acts is its commentary. “Afterward “—LXX., after these things becomes in the apostle’s mouth—“in the last days”—i.e., in the Christian dispensation, when, after the punishment of the Jews by the heathen, their king came—“my Spirit”—St. Peter renders “of my spirit,” after the LXX., indicating the gifts and influences of the Holy... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Joel 2:1-32

Conversion (Ash Wednesday) Joel 2:12 A great national calamity, either impending or just passed, was the occasion of the prophecy of Joel. It is traceable to national sin, and its remedy is national repentance. The words of our text bring before us a matter which is peculiarly fit for Ash Wednesday consideration the doctrine of Conversion; for conversion is the first step in that life of penitence to which Lent calls us. But conversion is a subject about which there is much misunderstanding. ... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Joel 2:18-32

PROSPERITY AND THE SPIRITJoel 2:18-32"THEN did Jehovah become jealous for His land, and took pity upon His people"-with these words Joel opens the second half of his book. Our Authorized Version renders them in the future tense, as the continuation of the prophet’s discourse, which had threatened the Day of the Lord, urged the people to penitence, and now promises that their penitence shall be followed by the Lord’s mercy. But such a rendering forces the grammar; and the Revised English Version... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Joel 2:28-32

2. THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRITJoel 2:28-32Upon these promises of physical blessing there follows another of the pouring forth of the Spirit: the prophecy by which Joel became the Prophet of Pentecost, and through which his book is best known among Christians.When fertility has been restored to the land, the seasons again run their normal courses, and the people eat their food and be full-"It shall come to pass after these things, I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh". The order of events... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Joel 2:1-32

II. THE COMING DAY OF THE LORD: THE REPENTANCE AND RESTORATION OF ISRAEL CHAPTER 2 1. The alarm sounded and the day at hand (Joel 2:1-2 ) 2. The invading army from the north (Joel 2:3-11 ) 3. The repentance of the people and cry for help (Joel 2:12-17 ) 4. “Then.” The great change (Joel 2:18 ) 5. Promises of restoration, and the early and latter rain (Joel 2:19-27 ) 6. The outpouring of the Spirit upon all flesh (Joel 2:28-31 ) 7. Deliverance in Mount Zion and Jerusalem (Joel... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Joel 2:28

2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I will pour {q} out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream {r} dreams, your young men shall see visions:(q) That is, in greater abundance, and more broadly than in times past. And this was fulfilled under Christ, when God’s graces and his Spirit under the Gospel were abundantly given to the Church; Isaiah 44:3 Acts 2:17 John 7:38-39 .(r) As they had visions and dreams in ancient times,... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Joel 2:1-32

JOEL GENERAL OVE RV IEW OF THE BOOK Joel was probably the earliest of the prophets whose writings have descended to us. His personal history is unknown further than the bare statement (1:1). His field of labor was presumably Judah rather than Israel, the southern rather than the northern kingdom, because of allusions to the center of public worship which was at Jerusalem (1:9, 13-14; 2:15), and because of non-allusions to Israel distinctively. Such places as 2:27, and 3:16 are thought to... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Joel 2:1-32

Night and Day In Zion Joel 2:0 The whole chapter is one of the most picturesque description to be found in all the record even of ancient prophecy. It is full of judgment, and it is full of gospel. The whole morning is darkened with locusts, yet at eventide there is light. Merely as an exercise in the pictorial art, were it nothing more, this chapter ought to stand amongst the masterpieces of literature. No man who had any regard to his own literary reputation could have written this could... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Joel 2:28-32

Promised Blessings Joel 2:28-32 . This is a stage in the development of human history. The Lord never recedes; he continually and necessarily advances. His creation is succeeded by redemption; redemption is followed by sanctification; sanctification is completed by heaven and all that heaven means. There the imagination can fly no further; it must rest, and with closed eyes recall the wonders that have passed. A marvellous connection of words is this "my spirit" and "all flesh." The time will... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Joel 2:28-32

But here we have the sum and substance of the whole in one of the richest promises ever made, as the effect of salvation, and most comprehensive of all blessings. It is impossible to err in the explanation of this passage, or to make a mistake in the application of it. Indeed God the Holy Ghost would not leave it to any human comment, and therefore commissioned Peter the Apostle to take it up, and make it for the subject of his sermon on the day of Pentecost, directly referring to what Joel... read more

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