Acts 2:20

In the sky the sun will appear dark to people and the moon will appear red to them. Those things will happen before the important and splendid/amazing day [MTY] when I, the Lord God, will come to judge everyone.

Translation for Translators

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

19I will cause amazing things to happen in the sky, and I will do miracles on the earth that will show that I am powerful. Here on the earth [CHI] I will cause wars with blood, fire and thick/dark smoke everywhere.

21Before that time, all those who ask me [MTY] to save them from the guilt of their sins will be saved { I, the Lord, will save all those who ask me [MTY] to save them from the guilt of their sins.}’”

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:9Listen to this: The day that Yahweh has appointed/chosen is near, the day that he will furiously and fiercely punish you because he is very angry with you. He will cause your land of Babylonia to be desolate/barren, and he will destroy all the sinners in it.

Isaiah 24:23At that time the light of the moon and the sun will be lessened; it will be as though they are ashamed in the presence of Yahweh, because he, the Commander of the armies of angels, will rule gloriously ◄on Zion Hill/in Jerusalem►, in the presence of the leaders of his people.

Jeremiah 4:23God gave me a vision in which I saw that the earth was barren and without form. I looked at the sky, and there was no light there.

Joel 3:14There will be huge crowds of people in that Valley of Judgment. It will soon be the time that Yahweh will punish them.

Zephaniah 2:2Yahweh is extremely angry with you, so gather together now, before it is time for him to punish [MTY] you and blow you away like [SIM] the wind blows away chaff.

Matthew 24:29“Immediately after many people have suffered during those days, the universe will become dark. The sun will become dark. The moon will not shine. The stars will fall from the sky. And the powerful objects in the sky will be shaken. (OR, And the spiritual beings in space will be deposed.)

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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