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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

太陽將變為黑暗，月亮將變為血紅，在主偉大顯赫的日子臨到以前，這一切都要發生。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
日 头 要 变 为 黑 暗 ， 月 亮 要 变 为 血 ； 这 都 在 主 大 而 明 显 的 日 子 未 到 以 前 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ But Peter stood up with the eleven apostles, and in a loud voice he spoke to the crowd: "My fellow Jews, and all of you who are in Jerusalem, listen to me. Pay attention to what I have to say. ¹⁵ These people are not drunk, as you think; it is only nine o'clock in the morning! ¹⁶ But Joel the prophet wrote about what is happening here today: ¹⁷ ‘God says: In the last days I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. ¹⁸ At that time I will pour out my Spirit also on my male slaves and female slaves, and they will prophesy. ¹⁹ I will show miracles in the sky and on the earth: blood, fire, and thick smoke. ²⁰ The sun will become dark, the moon red as blood, before the overwhelming and glorious day of the Lord will come. ²¹ Then anyone who calls on the Lord will be saved.' Joel 2:28–32 ²² "People of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus from Nazareth was a very special man. God clearly showed this to you by the miracles, wonders, and signs he did through Jesus. You all know this, because it happened right here among you. ²³ Jesus was given to you, and with the help of those who don't know the law, you put him to death by nailing him to a cross. But this was God's plan which he had made long ago; he knew all this would happen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sun: Isaiah 13:9, Isaiah 13:15, Isaiah 24:23, Jeremiah 4:23, Amos 8:9, Matthew 24:29, Matthew 27:45, Mark 13:24, Luke 21:25, 2 Peter 3:7, 2 Peter 3:10, Revelation 6:12, Revelation 16:8

great: Isaiah 2:12-21, Isaiah 34:8, Joel 2:1, Joel 3:14, Zephaniah 2:2, Zephaniah 2:3, Malachi 4:5, 1 Corinthians 5:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 2 Peter 3:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:14 - and let Joshua 10:13 - So the sun Isaiah 9:19 - is the land Isaiah 34:4 - all the Jeremiah 30:7 - for Joel 2:10 - the sun Joel 2:30 - I will Zephaniah 1:14 - great Zechariah 14:1 - General Luke 21:10 - Nation shall Luke 23:44 - there Revelation 8:12 - and the third part of the sun

Cross-References

Genesis 2:18
Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is right for him."

Gill's Notes on the 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 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;

Revelation 6:12- :.

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 13:24; 2 Peter 3:7-10. The shining of the sun is an emblem of prosperity; the withdrawing, the eclipse, or the setting of the sun is an emblem of calamity, and is often thus need in the Scriptures, Isaiah 60:20; Jeremiah 15:9; Ezekiel 32:7; Amos 8:9; Revelation 6:12; Revelation 8:12; Revelation 9:2; Revelation 16:8. To say that the sun is darkened, or turned into darkness, is an image of calamity, and especially of the calamities of war, when the smoke of burning cities rises to heaven and obscures his light. This is not, therefore, to be taken literally, nor does it afford any indication of what will be at the end of the world in regard to the sun.

The moon into blood - The word “blood” here means that obscure, sanguinary color which the moon has when the atmosphere is filled with smoke and vapor, and especially the lurid and alarming appearance which it assumes when smoke and flames are thrown up by earthquakes and fiery eruptions, Revelation 6:12, “And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood,” Revelation 8:8. In this place it denotes great calamities. The figures used are indicative of wars, and conflagrations, and earthquakes. As these things are Matthew 24:0 applied to the destruction of Jerusalem; as they actually occurred previous to that event (see the notes on Matthew 24:0), it may be supposed that the prophecy in Joel had an immediate reference to that. The meaning of the quotation by Peter in this place therefore is, that what occurred on the day of Pentecost was the beginning of the serges of wonders that was to take place during the times of the Messiah. It is not intimated that those scenes were to close or to be exhausted in that age. They may precede that great day of the Lord which is yet to come in view of the whole earth.

That great and notable day of the Lord - This is called the great day of the Lord, because on that day he will be signally manifested, more impressively and strikingly than on other times. The word “notable,” ἐπιφανῆ epiphanē, means “signal, illustrious, distinguished.” In Joel the word is “terrible or fearful”; a word applicable to days of calamity, and trial, and judgment. The Greek word here rendered notable is also in the Septuagint frequently used to denote “calamity” or “times of judgment,” Deuteronomy 10:21; 2 Samuel 7:23. This will apply to any day in which God signally manifests himself, but particularly to a day when he shall come forth to punish people, as at the destruction of Jerusalem, or at the day of judgment. The meaning is, that those wonders would take place before that distinguished day should arrive when God would come forth in judgment.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 2:20. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood — These are figurative representations of eclipses, intended most probably to point out the fall of the civil and ecclesiastical state in Judea: Matthew 24:29. That the SUN is darkened when a total eclipse takes place, and that the MOON appears of a bloody hue in such circumstances, every person knows.