Acts 2:20

The sun shall become darkness, And the moon blood-red, Before the Day of the Lord comes — that great and awful day.

Twentieth Century New Testament

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 show wonders in the heavens above, And signs on the earth below — Blood and fire and mist of smoke;

21Then shall every one who invokes the Name of the Lord be saved.’

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Cross References

Matthew 24:29Immediately after the distress of those days, ‘the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light, the stars will fall from the heavens,’ and ‘the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.’

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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