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Joel and Peter
How Joel and Peter are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Joel's word reached Peter.
At Pentecost Peter told the crowd the disciples were not drunk and said, "this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel". He then quoted the word of the Lord that came to Joel, "I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh".
The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel
Joel 1:1, King James Version
I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh
Joel 2:28, King James Version
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel
Acts 2:16, King James Version
Where they cross: Acts 2:14-17
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Joel 1:1
1The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
Joel 2:28
28And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Acts 2:14-17
14But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
16But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
King James Version