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28 Wherever there’s a dead body, that’s where you find the vultures.

29 “But immediately following the trouble of those times,

the sun will grow dark,
the moon will stop shining,[a]
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the powers in heaven will be shaken. [b]

30 “Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, all the tribes of the Land will mourn,[c] and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with tremendous power and glory.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:29 Isaiah 13:10; Ezekiel 32:7; Joel 2:10; 3:4(2:31); 4:15(3:15)
  2. Matthew 24:29 Isaiah 34:4; Haggai 2:6, 21
  3. Matthew 24:30 Zechariah 12:10–14
  4. Matthew 24:30 Daniel 7:13–14

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.