Acts 2:20
the sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord — the great and illustrious;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
21and it shall be, every one — whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:9Lo, the day of Jehovah doth come, Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, To make the land become a desolation, Yea, its sinning ones He destroyeth from it.
Isaiah 24:23And confounded hath been the moon, And ashamed hath been the sun, For reigned hath Jehovah of Hosts In mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And over-against His elders — honour!
Jeremiah 4:23I looked [to] the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.
Joel 3:14Multitudes, multitudes [are] in the valley of decision, For near [is] the day of Jehovah in the valley of decision.
Zephaniah 2:2Before the bringing forth of a statute, As chaff hath the day passed on, While yet not come in upon you doth the heat of the anger of Jehovah, While yet not come in upon you doth a day of the anger of Jehovah,
Matthew 24:29'And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the 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 →