“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.' — the universal salvation promise (pas hos an epikaleō, everyone who calls upon) connects to Joel's prophecy and becomes the pivot of Peter's sermon's call to response. To call on the name of the Lord is to invoke God for salvation, a phrase rooted in Abraham's practice (Genesis 12:8) and extended now to all who believe in Jesus as Lord (kyrios).
Church Fathers on Acts 2:21
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood. Acts 2:20 This results from the (διαθέσεως) internal affection of the sufferers. It is said, indeed, that many such phenomena actually did occur in the sky, as Josephus attests. At the same time the Apostle strikes fear into them, by reminding them of the darkness which had lately occurred, and leading them to expect things to come. Before that great and notable day of the Lord come. For be not confident, he…
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