Revelation 8:12

And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

Cross-reference

Revelation 8:9 is the second trumpet where a third of sea creatures die, continuing the series of 'third' judgments that includes the darkening here.

Revelation 8:7 is the first trumpet with hail and fire burning a third of the earth, sharing the same 'third' pattern as the fourth trumpet here.

Revelation 9:15 releases four angels to kill a third of mankind, repeating the 'third' fraction found in the fourth trumpet's judgment.

Revelation 9:2 describes smoke from the abyss darkening the sun, directly echoing the fourth trumpet's darkening motif.

In Rev 16:8, the sun scorches people with fire—a different sun judgment, showing a sequence of plagues affecting the sun.

Amos 8:9 Parallel

In Amos 8:9, the sun goes down at noon and earth darkens—a parallel prophecy of daytime darkness.

Acts 2:20 Citation

Acts 2:20 quotes Joel: the sun turned to darkness and moon to blood — directly parallel to this trumpet judgment.

Luke 21:25 Parallel

Luke 21:25 speaks of signs in the sun, moon, and stars — the same cosmic disturbances linked to the end times.

Mark 13:24 Parallel

Mark 13:24 echoes the same apocalyptic imagery: sun darkened, moon not giving light, paralleling the trumpet plague.

Matthew 24:29 describes the same cosmic signs — darkened sun, moon failing, stars falling — as eschatological events before Christ's return.

Joel 2:31 Parallel

In Joel 2:31, sun turns to darkness and moon to blood—another cosmic sign, closely related.

Joel 2:10 Allusion

In Joel 2:10, sun and moon are darkened and stars withdraw—very close parallel to this plague.

In Ezek 32:8, all bright lights are darkened—continuing the same imagery of judgment.

In Ezek 32:7, stars darken, sun covered, moon gives no light—a direct parallel to this cosmic judgment.

In Isaiah 24:23, the sun and moon are ashamed/confounded—another OT cosmic disturbance paralleling this judgment.

In Isaiah 13:10, the sun, moon, and stars are darkened—a virtually identical description of cosmic judgment.

Exodus 10:21-23 is the plague of darkness over Egypt — a typological judgment prefiguring this end-times plague.

Genesis 1:14 records the creation of sun, moon, stars to give light. Revelation 8:12 reverses this by striking them with darkness — a clear contrast between creation and judgment.

Isaiah 34:4 Parallel

Isaiah 34:4 describes the heavens dissolving and stars falling in judgment. This is a direct OT parallel to the cosmic upheaval of the fourth trumpet.

Joshua 10:13 recounts the sun standing still as a miraculous sign. Both show divine control over celestial bodies, but Joshua's is for deliverance, Revelation's for judgment.