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Matthew 24:29-31
New English Translation
Matthew 24:29-31
New English Translation
The Arrival of the Son of Man
29 “Immediately[a] after the suffering[b] of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.[c] 30 Then[d] the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven,[e] and[f] all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They[g] will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven[h] with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven[i] to the other.
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- Matthew 24:29 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
- Matthew 24:29 tn Traditionally, “tribulation.”
- Matthew 24:29 sn An allusion to Isa 13:10; 34:4 (LXX); Joel 2:10. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.
- Matthew 24:30 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
- Matthew 24:30 tn Or “in the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.
- Matthew 24:30 tn Here τότε (tote, “then”) has not been translated to avoid redundancy in English.
- Matthew 24:30 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
- Matthew 24:30 sn An allusion to Dan 7:13. Here is Jesus returning with full authority to judge.
- Matthew 24:31 tn Or “of the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.
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