28 (A)[a]For wheresoever a dead [b]carcass is, thither will the Eagles be gathered together.

29 (B)[c]And immediately after the tribulations 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 heaven shall be shaken.

30 And then shall appear the [d]sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the [e]kindreds of the earth [f]mourn, (C)and they shall see the Son of man [g]come in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:28 The only remedy against the furious rage of the world, is to be gathered and joined to Christ.
  2. Matthew 24:28 Christ, who will come with speed and his presence will be with a majesty to whom all shall flock even as Eagles.
  3. Matthew 24:29 Everlasting damnation shall be the end of the security of the wicked, and everlasting bliss, of the miseries of the godly.
  4. Matthew 24:30 The exceeding glory and majesty, which shall bear witness, that Christ the Lord of heaven and earth draweth near to judge the world.
  5. Matthew 24:30 All nations: and he alludeth to the dispersion which we read of, Gen. 10 and 11, or to the dividing of the people of Israel.
  6. Matthew 24:30 They shall be in such sorrow, that they shall strike themselves: and it is transferred to the mourning.
  7. Matthew 24:30 Sitting upon the clouds, as he was taken up into heaven.

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.