Acts 2:20

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Summary

Acts 2:20

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

Sun

General references

Zechariah 14:1

Mark 13:24

Bible References

Sun

Look, the Lord's day of judgment is coming; it is a day of cruelty and savage, raging anger, destroying the earth and annihilating its sinners.

The full moon will be covered up, the bright sun will be darkened; for the Lord who commands armies will rule on Mount Zion in Jerusalem in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor.

"I looked at the land and saw that it was an empty wasteland. I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.

In that day," says the sovereign Lord, "I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.

"Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.

"But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;

"And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.

But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red;

Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people with fire.

General references

A day of the Lord is about to come when your possessions will be divided as plunder in your midst.

"But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;