Acts 2:20
The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:
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In Context
19And wonders will be seen in heaven, and signs on the earth, blood and fire and smoke:
21And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:9See, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel, with wrath and burning passion: to make the land a waste, driving the sinners in it to destruction.
Isaiah 24:23Then the moon will be veiled, and the sun put to shame; for the Lord of armies will be ruling in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his judges he will let his glory be seen.
Jeremiah 4:23Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.
Joel 3:14\3:9\Give this out among the nations; make ready for war: get the strong men awake; let all the men of war come near, let them come up.
Zephaniah 2:2Before the Lord sends you violently away in flight like the waste from the grain; before the burning wrath of the Lord comes on you, before the day of the Lord's wrath comes on you.
Matthew 24:29But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:
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 →