Acts 2:20
The sun will be changed into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and wonderful day of Lord comes.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
21And it will be, that every man, whoever may call on the name of Lord will be saved.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:9Behold, the day of LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Isaiah 24:23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, for LORD of hosts will reign in mount Zion and in Jerusalem. And glory shall be before his elders.
Jeremiah 4:23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void, and the heavens, and they had no light.
Joel 3:14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of LORD is near in the valley of decision.
Zephaniah 2:2Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of LORD comes upon you, before the day of LORD's anger comes upon you.
Matthew 24:29But straightaway after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. And the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Matthew Henry on Acts 2:15-37
Peter's Sermon at Jerusalem. 14 But 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: 15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 17 And 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… Read the whole commentary →