Acts 2:19
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall 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
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
Read in contextZephaniah 1:14–18
The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
Read in contextMalachi 4:1–6
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
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