Mark 13:24

After the time when people suffer like that, the sun will become dark, the moon will not shine,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

In Context

23Be alert! Remember that I have warned you about all this before it happens.

25the stars will fall from the sky, and all things in the sky will be shaken { God will cause all things in the sky to shake}.

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:10When that happens, none of the stars will shine. When the sun rises, it will be dark, and there will be no light from the moon at night.

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.

Ezekiel 32:7When I get rid of you, I will cover the sky and not allow the stars to shine. I will put a dark cloud in front of the sun, and the moon will not shine.

Daniel 12:1The angel also said to me, “After those things happen, the great angel Michael, who protects the Israeli people, will appear. Then there will be a time when there will be great troubles/suffering. The troubles will be greater than any troubles/suffering since the nations began. At that time, all of your people whose names have been written in the book containing the names of those who have eternal life will be saved.

Joel 2:30I will do unusual/amazing things on the earth and in the sky. On the earth [CHI], there will be much blood shed and there will be very large fires and smoke that resembles huge clouds.

Amos 5:20That day, when he punishes people, will certainly be [RHQ] a very dark day [MET], without even a little bit of light.

Matthew Henry on Mark 13:15-24

The Destruction of the Temple Foretold. 14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judæa flee to the mountains: 15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: 16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. 17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give… Read the whole commentary →

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