Joel 2:31 (WEB)
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
Fathers and councils · 4
Cyril of Jerusalem
“The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood.” — editor's note: Joel ii. 31.
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Clement of Alexandria
“…drawn together shall be rolled as a parchment-skin (for these are the prophetic expressions), and the earth shall flee away from before the face of the Lord.”” — editor's note: This is made up of several passages, as Isa. xiii. 10, Ezek. xxxii. 7, Joel ii. 10, 31, iii. 15.
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Basil the Great
“The sun shall be turned into blood and the moon shall not give her light, signs of the consummation of all things.” — editor's note: Basil seems to be confusing Joel ii. 31 and Matt. xxiv. 29.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Rabanus MaurusCatena Aurea on Matthew
“But nothing hinders our supposing that the sun and moon with the other stars shall for a time lose their light, as we know did the sun at the time of the Lord’s passion; as Joel also says, “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord come.” [Joel 2:31]” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 6
Parallel passages
Joel 2:31 and Malachi 4:5 share the same wording (10 words).
Cited together with
Cited together in Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 24:29–30 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 24:29–30 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 24:29–30 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 24:29–30 (Catena Aurea).
Quoted in
Acts 2:20 takes up the words of Joel 2:31 (20 words in common).