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;
Cross-reference
Revelation 16:18 describes an unprecedented earthquake, intensifying the seismic imagery introduced in 6:12 as judgment climaxes.
Revelation 11:13 repeats the great earthquake motif from 6:12, linking the sixth seal and the two witnesses' ascension.
Revelation 8:5 also features an earthquake as part of heavenly judgment, echoing the seismic sign of the sixth seal in 6:12.
Revelation 8:1 follows directly — the seventh seal's silence contrasts with the sixth seal's chaotic upheaval.
Revelation 16:8 has the sun scorching people — here the sun is darkened. Different judgments involving the same celestial body.
Amos 8:9 prophesies the sun going down at noon—a darkening of the sky—that Revelation 6:12 echoes as a sign of divine judgment.
Acts 2:20 directly quotes Joel 2:31—sun to darkness, moon to blood—the same prophecy Rev 6:12 echoes.
Luke 23:45 adds the sun's light failing—another foreshadowing of Rev 6:12's darkened sun.
Luke 23:44's darkness at the crucifixion similarly foreshadows the sun's failure here.
Mark 13:24 describes the same end‑time sign: the sun darkened and moon not giving light, paralleling the cosmic disruption here.
Matthew 24:29 records Jesus' prophecy of the sun darkened and moon not giving light, the same eschatological scene John describes in the sixth seal.
Haggai 2:21 repeats the promise to shake heaven and earth, a direct parallel to the earthquake and cosmic disturbances in Revelation 6:12.
Haggai 2:6 promises that God will shake the heavens and the earth, matching the earthquake and celestial signs in Revelation 6:12.
Joel 3:15 also speaks of sun and moon darkened as part of the same judgment-day prophecy, reinforcing the cosmic upheaval theme.
Joel 2:10 describes earthquake, darkened sun, moon, and stars – the same OT apocalyptic imagery used here for the day of the Lord.
Joel 2:31 directly describes the sun turning to darkness and the moon to blood, the exact imagery John uses here for the sixth seal.
Isaiah 13:10 describes stars, sun, and moon darkened – the very imagery of the sixth seal, directly echoed as part of the day of the Lord.
Ezekiel 32:8 continues darkening all bright lights of heaven over Pharaoh – a close parallel to the sixth seal's cosmic collapse.
Ezekiel 32:7 uses the same imagery of darkened sun, moon, and stars as judgment on Pharaoh – echoed in the sixth seal's cosmic signs.
Isaiah 24:23 pictures the moon confounded and sun ashamed – similar celestial disruption preceding the Lord's reign, paralleling the sixth seal.
In Isaiah 2:19, people flee into caves from God's terror when he shakes the earth — the same earthquake response as the sixth seal's upheaval.
In Isaiah 50:3, God clothes the heavens with darkness like sackcloth — the exact image used for the sun in the sixth seal.
In Isaiah 51:6, the heavens vanish and earth wears out — cosmic decay parallel to the sixth seal's sun and moon changes.
In Luke 21:25, Jesus foretells signs in sun, moon, and stars — the exact cosmic signs that appear in the sixth seal.
In Jeremiah 4:28, the heavens grow dark and earth mourns — directly parallel to the sun darkening and earthquake in the sixth seal.
In Ezekiel 38:20, all creation trembles and mountains overturn — seismic upheaval echoing the earthquake of the sixth seal.
In Matthew 27:54, the centurion sees earthquake and darkness at Jesus' death – similar cosmic signs as here, leading to recognition of divine power.
Matthew 27:45 recounts darkness at the crucifixion, a historical foreshadowing of the end‑time cosmic darkness John portrays in the sixth seal.
Genesis 1:14 establishes the sun and moon as lights; Rev 6:12 reverses that by darkening them, a contrast.
Isaiah 60:20 says the sun will never set – opposite to the darkened sun here; one is eternal light, the other judgment darkness.
Isaiah 60:19 depicts sun and moon replaced by God's glory – a contrast to the darkening here, which is a sign of judgment not blessing.
Isaiah 29:6 uses earthquake as a sign of divine judgment, providing an OT parallel to the apocalyptic imagery in 6:12.
In Isaiah 5:30, darkness and distress cover the land — the darkened light echoes the sun turning black in the sixth seal.