Acts Chapter 2 verse 18 Holy Bible
Yea and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days Will I pour forth of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
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And on my men-servants and my women-servants I will send my Spirit, and they will be prophets.
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yea, even upon my bondmen and upon my bondwomen in those days will I pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
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And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
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Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.
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and also upon My men-servants, and upon My maid-servants, in those days, I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - Yea and for and, A.V.; pour forth for pour out, A.V.; in those days will I pour for I will pour... in those days, A.V. And they shall prophesy. These words are not found in the Hebrew or the LXX. The LXX. differ from the Hebrew in the addition of μοῦ after δούλους and δούλας. The Hebrew has merely "the servants and the handmaids," men and women of servile condition.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) And on my servants and on my handmaidens . . .--This was the culminating point of the joyous prediction. Not on priests only, or those who had been trained in the schools of the prophets, but on slaves, male and female, should that gift be poured by Him who was no respecter of persons. The life of Amos, the herdsman of Tekoa, the "gatherer of sycomore fruit" (Amos 1:1; Amos 7:14), was, perhaps, the earliest example of the gift so bestowed. The apostolic age must have witnessed many. The fisherman of Galilee, who was now speaking, was the forerunner of thousands in whom the teaching of the Spirit has superseded the training of the schools.
