Acts 2:20 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 2:20

The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts (550)

Now, "The sun shall be turned into darkness," and the preceding, "blood and fire and vapor of smoke," these refer to the coming judgment. More appropriately and specifically they speak of Jerusalem and its then captivity, as is shown by the nature of those suffering. …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The moon shall be turned into blood - A bloody colour: before the day of the Lord - Eminently the last day; though not excluding any other day or season, wherein the Lord shall manifest his glory, in taking vengeance of his adversaries.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It refers to the last days, the times of the gospel, which are called the last days because the dispensation of God's kingdom among men, which the gospel sets up, is the last dispensation of divine grace, and we are to look for no other than the continuation of this to the end of time.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was a little day of judgment; it was a notable day: in Joel it is called a terrible day, for so it was to men on earth; but here epiphane (after the Septuagint), a glorious, illustrious day, for so it was to Christ in heaven; it was the epiphany, his appearing, so he himself spoke of it, Matt. xxiv.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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: see the notes on Mat 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.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	The	G3588 →
ἥλιος	hēlios	sun	G2246 →
μεταστραφήσεται	metastraphēsetai	will be turned	G3344 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
σκότος	skotos	darkness	G4655 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
σελήνη	selēnē	moon	G4582 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
αἷμα,	haima	blood,	G129 →
πρὶν	prin	before	G4250 →
ἐλθεῖν	elthein	coming	G2064 →
ἡμέραν	hēmeran	day	G2250 →
κυρίου	kuriou	of [the] Lord	G2962 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
μεγάλην	megalēn	great	G3173 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐπιφανῆ.	epiphanē	glorious.	G2016 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
leads to
- Revelation 16:15
  “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Peter 3:10
  But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid…
Through
2 Peter 3:10
But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid…
leads to
- Revelation 21:1
  Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
- Matthew 24:35
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- 2 Peter 3:7
  And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Through
Malachi 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
leads to
- Luke 1:17
  And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to…
Through
Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation 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 powers of the heavens will…
leads to
- Amos 8:9
  And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
- Joel 3:15
  The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.