Acts 2:20 (WEB)

Passage

The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:18 Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.

Acts 2:19 I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.

Acts 2:20 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

Acts 2:21 It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’Joel 2:28-32

Acts 2:22 “Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, even as you yourselves know,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "darkness", "turned", "moon", "blood", "before", "great", "glorious", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "darkness" and "turned", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "I will show wonders in the sky..." into verse 21's "It will be that whoever will call...", so "darkness" and "turned" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "darkness" and "turned" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.