Acts 2:20
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
Cross-references
Isaiah 13:9 announces the day of the Lord with wrath — the same great day that Acts 2:20 says comes after these signs.
Revelation 6:12 explicitly describes the sun becoming black and the moon like blood, directly quoting the same Joel passage Peter uses here.
Luke 21:25 mentions signs in the sun and moon, part of the same Olivet Discourse tradition that echoes Joel's prophecy of cosmic disturbances.
Mark 13:24 similarly speaks of the sun darkened and moon not giving light after tribulation, a close parallel to the day of the Lord signs in Acts 2:20.
Matthew 24:29 records Jesus' prophecy of the sun darkened and moon not giving light, mirroring the same eschatological signs from Joel that Peter cites.
Malachi 4:5 prophesies Elijah before the 'great and awesome day' — the same phrase 'great day of the Lord' appears in Acts 2:20.
Amos 8:9 predicts the sun going down at noon and darkening the earth, a direct parallel to the sun turned to darkness in Joel's prophecy quoted here.
Joel 2:1 introduces the day of the Lord that Joel 2:31 (quoted in Acts) expands upon, from the same prophecy.
Isaiah 24:23 similarly describes the moon and sun being confounded/shamed on the day of the Lord, echoing the same cosmic signs Peter quotes from Joel.
Joel 2:30 is the immediate preceding verse — Acts 2:19-20 quotes this passage, so it's the same prophecy about wonders in heaven.
Zephaniah 1:14 proclaims 'the great day of the LORD is near' — identical phrase to Acts 2's 'great and notable day of the Lord'.
Joel 2:10 also has the sun and moon darkened — the same imagery used in Acts 2's quotation of Joel 2:31.
Isaiah 34:4 depicts the heavens dissolving and hosts falling — a strong parallel to the cosmic signs before the Day of the Lord in Acts 2.
Luke 23:44 records darkness at crucifixion — a historical sign of judgment that echoes the cosmic darkness prophesied here for the Day of the Lord.
Revelation 8:12 depicts a similar cosmic darkening during judgment — both use prophetic imagery of sun and moon being affected.
Joel 3:14 also proclaims the day of the Lord near, from the same prophetic book as the passage quoted in Acts.
Genesis 1:14 establishes the sun and moon as signs — Acts 2 uses them as eschatological signs of the Day of the Lord.