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; and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit” (Joel 2:28–29). The fact that Peter quotes these words on the Day of Pentecost (see Acts 2:16–21) indicates that what happened on that day (the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the church, to the accompaniment of miraculous
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