Acts 2:20

20 The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

Acts 2:20 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 2:20

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 great and notable day of the Lord come;
when he shall come in power and great glory, as he did in a few years after this, to take vengeance on the Jews, and destroy their nation, city, and temple; in which there was a display of his greatness, and power, and which was awful and "terrible" to them, as in Joel it is called; (See Gill on Matthew 24:29).

Acts 2:20 In-Context

18 And even on my male slaves and on my female slaves I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

19 And I will cause wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

20 The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

21 And it will be [that] everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.'

22 "Israelite men, listen to these words! Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, just as [you] yourselves know--