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Acts 2:20

Jesus
The return of Christ

18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

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.

22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

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BSB
The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.
KJV
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
WEB
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
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].
DARBY
the sun shall be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and gloriously appearing day of [the] Lord come.
BLB
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming Day of the Lord, great and glorious.
ÅB
solen skal bli til mørke og månen til blod, før Herrens dag kommer, den store og herlige.
OTB
Solen skal bli mørk
og månen skal bli til blod
før Herrens store og herlige dag kommer.
B1930
solen skal bli til mørke og månen til blod, før Herrens dag kommer, den store og herlige.

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  • 2 Peter 3:10

    But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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  • Amos 8:9

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

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  • Matthew 24:29

    Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2

    For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

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  • Malachi 4:5

    Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

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  • Joel 2:1

    Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

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  • Joel 3:14

    Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

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  • Luke 21:25

    And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

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