Acts 2:20 (YLT)

Passage

the sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord--the great and illustrious;

Nearby Context

Acts 2:18 and also upon My men-servants, and upon My maid-servants, in those days, I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy;

Acts 2:19 and I will give wonders in the heaven above, and signs upon the earth beneath--blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke,

Acts 2:20 the sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord--the great and illustrious;

Acts 2:21 and it shall be, every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.

Acts 2:22 `Men, Israelites! hear these words, Jesus the Nazarene, a man approved of God among you by mighty works, and wonders, and signs, that God did through him in the midst of you, according as also ye yourselves have known;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "and I will give wonders in the..." into verse 21's "and it shall be every one--whoever shall...", so "darkness" and "shall" 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 "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.