Acts 2:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Acts 2:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sun shall be turned into darkness - See the notes on Matthew 24:29 . The same images used here with reference to the sun and moon are used also there: They occur not infrequently, Mark 13:2...
Acts 2:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Explains the Occurrence. Peter is, as before, the mouthpiece of the community. His speech is not addressed to foreigners but to the people of Jerusalem, and shows us, as his other speeches do...
Acts 2:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

turned . changed. Only here; Galatians 1:1 ; Galatians 1:7 ; James 4:9 . into. App-104. notable. Greek. epiphanes. Only here. Same word as in the Septuagint. Compare App-106. The kindred...
Acts 2:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood - These are figurati...
Acts 2:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that...
Acts 2:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Day of Pentecost 1-13. Pentecost. On this day the risen Lord fulfilled His promise to send another Comforter (or Advocate) 'that He may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of Truth, whom...
Acts 2:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The sun shall be turned into darkness. — Both clauses bring before us the phenomena of an eclipse: the total darkness of the sun, the dusky copper hue of the moon. Signs, of which these were but fa...
Acts 2:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Outpoured Spirit Acts 2:14-24 The exulting joy of these Spirit-anointed people was accounted for by some through charging them with drunkenness. Peter dismissed the charge as absurd, seeing...
Acts 2:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first paragraph of this chapter records the first page of the history of the Church. It is seen as it began to form. The separated units of the disciples were fused into the new unity of the Chur...
Acts 2:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: (15) For these a...
Acts 2:20 - John 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 grea...
Acts 2:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: Ver. 20. The sun shall be turned ] He seems to set forth the great troubles of...
Acts 2:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But this is that which was spoken by the Prophet Joel But there is another and better way of accounting for what you see and hear. It is the accomplishment of a remarkable prophecy, in its primary...
Acts 2:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The feast of Pentecost in Israel looked forward to the very day on which God had decreed that the Spirit of God should come to form and indwell and empower the Church of God, which Christ had declare...
Acts 2:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter's Sermon at Jerusalem. 14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, a...
Acts 2:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood; this agrees with the other words in the forecited prophecy, Joel 2:31 . How these amazing signs shall be fulfilled, wheth...
Acts 2:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter's Reply (2:14-36). In his reply Peter reveals a combination of what he has learned through the ministry of Jesus, and what Jesus had made clear to His disciples over His resurrection appeara...
Acts 2:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 2:14 . Men of Judæa .—Natives of Jerusalem. Ye that dwell at Jerusalem. —Foreign Jews, sojourners in the city from other parts. Acts 2:15 . These .—Not the eleven with...
Acts 2:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 2 We have here the history of the first Christian revival. Let us trace it through, and mark at once its origin and its characteristics. I. It was ushered in by prayer. Like true children of...
Acts 2:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 2:1-8 . And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. «And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all th...
Acts 2:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:1 . The day of Pentecost. The fiftieth day after our Lord's resurrection, and the day when the sheaf of the firstfruits was offered. Though the feast of Pentecost was but one day, yet like...
Acts 2:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

But Peter standing up with the eleven. The scene Never was such an audience assembled as that before which this poor fisherman appeared: men of different nations, rapidly and earnestly speaking...
Acts 2:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 2:1 Was now come for was fully come, A.V.; all together for with one accord, A.V. and T.R. When the day of Pentecost was now come ; literally, when the day of Pent...
Acts 2:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sermon of Peter and Its Effect. The introduction of the sermon:
Acts 2:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 5:5 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:2 ; 2 Peter 3:10 ; 2 Peter 3:7 ; Amos 8:9 ; Isaiah 13:15 ; Isaiah 13:9 ; Isaiah 2:12-21 ; Isaiah 24:23 ; Isaiah 34:8 ; Jeremiah 4:23 ; Joel 2:1 ; Jo...
Acts 2:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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,...

Acts 2:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 2:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 2:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 2:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 2:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 2:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 2:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 2:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 2:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 2:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 2:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 2:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 2:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 2:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 2:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 2:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 2:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 2:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 2:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 2:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 2:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 2:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes