Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 2:17
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17. in the last days —meaning, the days of the Messiah ( Isaiah 2:2 ); as closing all preparatory arrangements, and constituting the final dispensation of God's kingdom on earth. pour out of my Spirit —in contrast with the mere drops of all preceding time. upon all flesh —hitherto confined to the seed of Abraham. sons . . . daughters . . . young men . . . old men . . . servants . . . handmaidens —without distinction of sex, age, or rank. see visions . . . dream dreams —This is a mere accommodation to the ways in which the Spirit operated under the ancient economy, when the prediction was delivered; for in the New Testament, visions and dreams are rather the exception than the rule. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-18" class="com-number"
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