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Complete Jewish Bible
Acts 2:20
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The sun will be turned to darknessand the moon to bloodbefore the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
The Sunne shall be turned into darkenesse, and the Moone into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.
'THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD COMES.
The sun will become dark, the moon red as blood, before the overwhelming and glorious day of the Lord will come.
'THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD COMES.
'THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD SHALL COME.
The sun will be turned into darknessAnd the moon into blood,Before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.
The sun will turn dark, and the moon will be as red as blood before the great and wonderful day of the Lord appears.
the sun shall be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and gloriously appearing day of [the] Lord come.
The sun will be changed into darkness, and the moon will be as red as blood. Then the great and glorious day of the Lord will come.
The Sunne shalbe turned into darkenesse, and the moone into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.
The sun shall be changed into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and fearful day of the Lord shall come.
the sun will be darkened, and the moon will turn red as blood, before the great and glorious Day of the Lord comes.
The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the" "coming of the great and glorious" "day of the Lord."
The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord come, That great and notable day:
The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:
The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
The sun will turn to darkness,Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24; Luke 21:25;">[xr] and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before shall come the day of the Lord, great and fearful;
And the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and fearful day of the Lord come.
The Sunne shalbe turned into darknesse, and the Moone into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord come, That great and notable day:
The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
blood and fire, and vapour of smoke, The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the day of the Lord, the great and illustrious day, come.
The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, to usher in the day of the Lord-- that great and illustrious day;
The sunne schal be turned in to derknessis, and the moone in to blood, bifor that the greet and the opyn dai of the Lord come.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord comes, That great and notable [day].
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.
The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes .
The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.
The sun will become dark, and the moon will turn blood red before that great and glorious day of the Lord arrives.
The sun will turn dark and the moon will turn to blood before the day of the Lord. His coming will be a great and special day.
The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord's great and glorious day.
The sun, shall be turned into darkness and, the moon, into blood, - before the coming of the day of the Lord, the great and manifest day ;
The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord to come.
the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and manifest day.
The sunne shalbe turned into darknes and the mone into bloud before that greate and notable daye of the Lorde come.
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;
The Sonne shalbe turned in to darknesse, and the Moone in to bloude, before that greate and notable daye of the LORDE come.
the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and illustrious day of the Lord shall come.
The sun will shut off, and the moon will turn red when the Lord comes back.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
sun: Isaiah 13:9, Isaiah 13:15, Isaiah 24:23, Jeremiah 4:23, Amos 8:9, Matthew 24:29, Matthew 27:45, Mark 13:24, Luke 21:25, 2 Peter 3:7, 2 Peter 3:10, Revelation 6:12, Revelation 16:8
great: Isaiah 2:12-21, Isaiah 34:8, Joel 2:1, Joel 3:14, Zephaniah 2:2, Zephaniah 2:3, Malachi 4:5, 1 Corinthians 5:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 2 Peter 3:10
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:14 - and let Joshua 10:13 - So the sun Isaiah 9:19 - is the land Isaiah 34:4 - all the Jeremiah 30:7 - for Joel 2:10 - the sun Joel 2:30 - I will Zephaniah 1:14 - great Zechariah 14:1 - General Luke 21:10 - Nation shall Luke 23:44 - there Revelation 8:12 - and the third part of the sun
Cross-References
Adonai , God, said, "It isn't good that the person should be alone. I will make for him a companion suitable for helping him."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The sun shall be turned into darkness,.... As at the death of Christ, by a total eclipse of it:
and the moon into blood; as at the opening of the sixth seal, Revelation 6:12
before that great and notable day of the Lord come; when he shall come in power and great glory, as he did in a few years after this, to take vengeance on the Jews, and destroy their nation, city, and temple; in which there was a display of his greatness, and power, and which was awful and "terrible" to them, as in Joel it is called;
Revelation 6:12- :.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The sun shall be turned into darkness - See the notes on Matthew 24:29. The same images used here with reference to the sun and moon are used also there: They occur not infrequently, Mark 13:24; 2 Peter 3:7-10. The shining of the sun is an emblem of prosperity; the withdrawing, the eclipse, or the setting of the sun is an emblem of calamity, and is often thus need in the Scriptures, Isaiah 60:20; Jeremiah 15:9; Ezekiel 32:7; Amos 8:9; Revelation 6:12; Revelation 8:12; Revelation 9:2; Revelation 16:8. To say that the sun is darkened, or turned into darkness, is an image of calamity, and especially of the calamities of war, when the smoke of burning cities rises to heaven and obscures his light. This is not, therefore, to be taken literally, nor does it afford any indication of what will be at the end of the world in regard to the sun.
The moon into blood - The word “blood” here means that obscure, sanguinary color which the moon has when the atmosphere is filled with smoke and vapor, and especially the lurid and alarming appearance which it assumes when smoke and flames are thrown up by earthquakes and fiery eruptions, Revelation 6:12, “And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood,” Revelation 8:8. In this place it denotes great calamities. The figures used are indicative of wars, and conflagrations, and earthquakes. As these things are Matthew 24:0 applied to the destruction of Jerusalem; as they actually occurred previous to that event (see the notes on Matthew 24:0), it may be supposed that the prophecy in Joel had an immediate reference to that. The meaning of the quotation by Peter in this place therefore is, that what occurred on the day of Pentecost was the beginning of the serges of wonders that was to take place during the times of the Messiah. It is not intimated that those scenes were to close or to be exhausted in that age. They may precede that great day of the Lord which is yet to come in view of the whole earth.
That great and notable day of the Lord - This is called the great day of the Lord, because on that day he will be signally manifested, more impressively and strikingly than on other times. The word “notable,” ἐπιφανῆ epiphanē, means “signal, illustrious, distinguished.” In Joel the word is “terrible or fearful”; a word applicable to days of calamity, and trial, and judgment. The Greek word here rendered notable is also in the Septuagint frequently used to denote “calamity” or “times of judgment,” Deuteronomy 10:21; 2 Samuel 7:23. This will apply to any day in which God signally manifests himself, but particularly to a day when he shall come forth to punish people, as at the destruction of Jerusalem, or at the day of judgment. The meaning is, that those wonders would take place before that distinguished day should arrive when God would come forth in judgment.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 2:20. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood — These are figurative representations of eclipses, intended most probably to point out the fall of the civil and ecclesiastical state in Judea: Matthew 24:29. That the SUN is darkened when a total eclipse takes place, and that the MOON appears of a bloody hue in such circumstances, every person knows.
