The Coming of the Son of Man

25 “Then there will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; (A) and there will be anguish on the earth among nations bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the waves.(B) 26 People will faint from fear and expectation of the things that are coming on the world, because the powers of the heavens will be shaken.(C) 27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud(D) with power and great glory.(E) 28 But when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift your heads, because your redemption is near.”(F)

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The Arrival of the Son of Man

25 “And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity from the noise of the sea and its surging, 26 people fainting from fear and expectation of what is coming on the inhabited earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.[a] 27 And then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud[b] with power and great glory. 28 But when[c] these things begin to happen, stand up straight and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 21:26 An allusion to Isa 34:4
  2. Luke 21:27 An allusion to Dan 7:13
  3. Luke 21:28 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“begin”)