Matthew 24:31
29 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.’
30 At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
32 Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.
33 So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
- ASV
- And he shall send forth 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.
- DARBY
- And he shall send his angels with a great sound of trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from [the one] extremity of [the] heavens to [the other] extremity of them.
- BLB
- And He will send His angels with a great trumpet call, and they will gather together His chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens to the ends of them.
- ÅB
- Og han skal sende ut englene sine med røst som veldige basuner, og de skal samle hans utvalgte fra de fire vindene, fra himmelens ene kant til den andre.
- OTB
- Og Han skal sende ut sine engler med høy basun, og de skal samle Hans utvalgte fra de fire verdenshjørner, fra den ene enden av himmelen til den andre.
- B1930
- Og han skal sende ut sine engler med basunens veldige røst, og de skal samle hans utvalgte fra de fire verdenshjørner, fra himmelbryn til himmelbryn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
Read in contextMark 13:27
And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
Read in contextIsaiah 27:13
And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:52
in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
Read in contextIsaiah 11:12
He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Read in contextMatthew 13:41
The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 2:1
Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers,
Read in contextPsalms 22:27
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
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