Acts 2:20
◄  Acts 2:20  ►
New International Version (©2011)
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The sun will become dark, and the moon will turn blood red before that great and glorious day of the LORD arrives.

English Standard Version (©2001)
the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
'THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD SHALL COME.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and remarkable Day of the Lord comes.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The sun will become dark, and the moon turn to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

NET Bible (©2006)
The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
“The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood until the great and awesome day of THE LORD JEHOVAH will come.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The sun will become dark, and the moon will become as red as blood before the terrifying day of the Lord comes.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord comes:

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

American Standard Version
The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord come, That great and notable day .

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord come.

Darby Bible Translation
the sun shall be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and gloriously appearing day of the Lord come.

English Revised Version
The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord come, That great and notable day:

Webster's Bible Translation
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.

Weymouth New Testament
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;

World English Bible
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:14-21 Peter's sermon shows that he was thoroughly recovered from his fall, and thoroughly restored to the Divine favour; for he who had denied Christ, now boldly confessed him. His account of the miraculous pouring forth of the Spirit, was designed to awaken the hearers to embrace the faith of Christ, and to join themselves to his church. It was the fulfilling the Scripture, and the fruit of Christ's resurrection and ascension, and proof of both. Though Peter was filled with the Holy Ghost, and spake with tongues as the Spirit gave him utterance, yet he did not think to set aside the Scriptures. Christ's scholars never learn above their Bible; and the Spirit is given, not to do away the Scriptures, but to enable us to understand, approve, and obey them. Assuredly none will escape the condemnation of the great day, except those who call upon the name of the Lord, in and through his Son Jesus Christ, as the Saviour of sinners, and the Judge of all mankind.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 20. - The day of the Lord come, that great and notable day for that great and notable day of the Lord come, A.V. and T.R.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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; see Gill on Matthew 24:29.

Acts 2:20 Parallel Commentaries

Acts 2:20 NIV
Acts 2:20 NLT
Acts 2:20 ESV
Acts 2:20 NASB
Acts 2:20 KJV

Bible Hub: Online Parallel Bible


Peter Preaches to the Crowd
…19And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: 20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come: 21And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. …

Isaiah 13:10 The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.
Joel 2:31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
Matthew 24:29 "Immediately after the distress of those days "'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'
Acts 2:19 I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
Acts 2:21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'