Matthew 24:27-31

27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
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]
30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth[b] will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.[c]
31 And he will send 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.

Cross References 9

  • 1. Luke 17:24
  • 2. S Luke 17:30
  • 3. S Matthew 8:20
  • 4. Luke 17:37
  • 5. Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 34:4; Ezekiel 32:7; Joel 2:10,31; Zephaniah 1:15; Revelation 6:12,13; Revelation 8:12
  • 6. Revelation 1:7
  • 7. Daniel 7:13; S Revelation 1:7
  • 8. Matthew 13:41
  • 9. Isaiah 27:13; Zechariah 9:14; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Revelation 8:2; Revelation 10:7; Revelation 11:15

Footnotes 3

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