# Acts 2:20

> The sun will be turned to darkness,
and the moon to blood,
before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

— Acts 2:20, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- c. AD 30 (counted from the text)
- Date source: The Ascension and Pentecost fall in the year of the crucifixion. Paul's chronology, anchored in Gallio's term (AD 51-52 by the Delphi inscription), puts the crucifixion in AD 30 or 33.

## Who ruled

- **Tiberius**, emperor of Rome, AD 14-37 · Source: Tacitus, Annals I-VI; Suetonius, Tiberius
- **Pontius Pilate**, prefect of Judea, AD 26-36 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.3-4; Tacitus, Annals XV.44; the Caesarea inscription, which carries his name and office in stone
- **Herod Antipas**, tetrarch of Galilee, 4 BC – AD 39 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- **Philip**, tetrarch of Ituraea, 4 BC – AD 34 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4
- **Caiaphas**, high priest, AD 18-36 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.2.2 and XVIII.4.3; the ossuary of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990

## See also

- 2 Peter 3:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-peter/3/10
- Amos 8:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/8/9
- Matthew 24:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/24/29
- Malachi 4:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/malachi/4/5
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-thessalonians/5/2
- Joel 2:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/2/1
- Joel 3:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/14
- Mark 13:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/13/24

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

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