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28 The vultures gather wherever there’s a dead body.

Coming of the Human One

29 “Now immediately after the suffering of that time the sun will become dark, and the moon won’t give its light. The stars will fall from the sky and the planets and other heavenly bodies will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Human One[a] will appear in the sky. At that time all the tribes of the earth will be full of sadness, and they will see the Human One[b] coming in the heavenly clouds[c] with power and great splendor.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:30 Or Son of Man
  2. Matthew 24:30 Or Son of Man
  3. Matthew 24:30 Dan 7:13 I suddenly saw one like a human being (Aram kebar enash) coming with the heavenly clouds.

28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.(A)

29 “Immediately after the distress 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 heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[a](B)

30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth[b] will mourn(C) when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven,(D) with power and great glory.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:29 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
  2. Matthew 24:30 Or the tribes of the land
  3. Matthew 24:30 See Daniel 7:13-14.