wording of Joel 2:28–32 [LXX 3:1–5]. Thus his affirmation that this ἐπαγγελία (‘promise’; cf., 2:33) is offered ‘to you and to your children’ takes up and reaffirms Joel’s promise that the Spirit will be poured out ‘on your sons and daughters’ (2:17c). When Peter then insists that the promise is to ‘all’ called by God (cf., καὶ πᾶσιν: 2:17b), the basis for his claim lies in Joel’s assertion, ‘I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh’ (2:28a [3:1a]), and the amplifying phrase τοὺς εἰς μακράν