Acts 2:19
17 ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
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.
21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
- KJV
- And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
- WEB
- I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath: blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.
- ASV
- And I will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:
- DARBY
- And I will give wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
- BLB
- And I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
- ÅB
- Og jeg vil la under skje på himmelen i det høye, og tegn på jorden i det lave: blod og ild og røykskyer;
- OTB
- Jeg vil vise under på himmelen der oppe
og tegn på jorden der nede,
blod og ild og røkskyer. - B1930
- Og jeg vil la under skje på himmelen i det høie, og tegn på jorden i det lave: blod og ild og røkskyer;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joel 2:30–31
I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
Read in contextZephaniah 1:14–18
The great Day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.
Read in contextMalachi 4:1–6
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
Read in context