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Acts 2:20

the sun shall be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and gloriously appearing day of [the] Lord come.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

In Context

19And I will give wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

21And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of [the] Lord shall be saved.

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:9Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the earth desolate; and he will destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

Isaiah 24:23And the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients in glory.

Jeremiah 4:23I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.

Joel 3:14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Jehovah is at hand in the valley of decision.

Zephaniah 2:2before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass away as chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you.

Matthew 24:29But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall 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 →

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