Matthew 24:29

The return of Christ

²⁷ For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

²⁸ For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

³⁰ And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

³¹ And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
KJV: Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
WEB: “But immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
ASV: But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
DARBY: But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
BLB: And immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light; and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.”’

ÅB: «Men straks etter den tidens lidelser skal solen bli formørket, og månen slutte å skinne, og stjernene skal falle ned fra himmelen, og himmelens makter skal ristes.
OTB: "Straks etter de dagers trengsel
'skal solen bli formørket,
og månen skal ikke gi sitt lys;
stjernene skal falle fra himmelen,
og himmelens krefter skal rokkes.'
B1930: Men straks efter de dagers trengsel skal solen bli formørket, og månen ikke gi sitt skinn, og stjernene skal falle ned fra himmelen, og himmelens krefter skal rokkes.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Amos 8:9
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
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Joel 3:15
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
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Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
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Isaiah 24:23
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
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Mark 13:24–25
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
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Acts 2:19–20
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
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Revelation 6:12–17
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
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Joel 2:30–31
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
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