Matthew 24:29 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 24:29

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.’

BSB

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ASV

But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

KJV

Immediately after the tribulation 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 the heavens shall be shaken:

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

We are invited to flock to Christ's passion wheresoever in Scripture it is read of, that through it we may be able to come to God's word. These things, therefore, shall not come to pass by any diminution of light, for in another place we read that the light of the sun shall be sevenfold; but by comparison with real light, all things shall seem dim. By the powers of heaven, we understand the bands of the Angels.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Immediately after the tribulation of those days - That is, immediately after these tribulations, events will occur that “may be properly represented” by the darkening of the sun and moon, and by the stars falling from heaven. The word rendered “immediately” - εὐθέως eutheōs - means, properly, “straightway, immediately,” Mat 8:3; Mat 13:5; Mar 1:31; Act 12:10; then “shortly,” 3Jn 1:14. This is the meaning here.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

In this part of our Lord’s prophecy he describes his own second coming to judge the world. This, at all events, seems the natural meaning of the passage: to take any lower view appears to be a violent straining of Scripture language. If the solemn words here used mean nothing more than the coming of the Roman armies to Jerusalem, we may explain away anything in the Bible.

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Original language & word study

32 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εὐθέως	eutheōs	Immediately	G2112 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
μετὰ	meta	after	G3326 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
θλῖψιν	thlipsin	tribulation	G2347 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
ἡμερῶν	hēmerōn	days	G2250 →
ἐκείνων	ekeinōn	of those	G1565 →
ὁ	ho	The	G3588 →
ἥλιος	hēlios	sun	G2246 →
σκοτισθήσεται,	skotisthēsetai	will be darkened,	G4654 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
σελήνη	selēnē	moon	G4582 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
δώσει	dōsei	will give	G1325 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
φέγγος	phengos	light	G5338 →
αὐτῆς,	autēs	of it,	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ἀστέρες	asteres	stars	G792 →
πεσοῦνται	pesountai	will fall	G4098 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
οὐρανοῦ,	ouranou	sky,	G3772 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
αἱ	hai	the	G3588 →
δυνάμεις	dunameis	powers	G1411 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
οὐρανῶν	ouranōn	heavens	G3772 →
σαλευθήσονται.	saleuthēsontai	will be shaken.’	G4531 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
leads to
- Joel 2:31
  The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 13:24
  But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
Through
Isaiah 24:23
The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
leads to
- Isaiah 13:10
  For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 60:19
  No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…
Through
Amos 8:9
And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
leads to
- Mark 15:33
  From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- Matthew 27:45
  From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- Luke 23:44
  It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
- Jeremiah 15:9
  The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put…

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew