Matthew 24:27-30

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27} ^(A)For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the ^(B)coming of the ^(C)Son of Man be. ^{Tools
28} ^(D)Wherever the corpse is, there the ^(a)vultures will gather.

The Glorious Return

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29} “But immediately after the ^(E)tribulation of those days ^(F)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and ^(G)the stars will fall from ^(b)the sky, and the powers of ^(c)the heavens will be shaken. ^{Tools
30} And then ^(H)the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see ^(I)the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

Footnotes:

a. Matthew 24:28: ['Or ', eagles]

b. Matthew 24:29: ['Or ', heaven]

c. Matthew 24:29: ['Or ', heaven]

Cross references:

A. Matthew 24:27: Luke 17:24

B. Matthew 24:27: Matthew 24:3; Matthew 24:37; Matthew 24:39

C. Matthew 24:27: Matthew 8:20

D. Matthew 24:28: Job 39:30; Ezekiel 39:17; Habakkuk 1:8; Luke 17:37

E. Matthew 24:29: Matthew 24:21

F. Matthew 24:29: Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 24:23; Ezekiel 32:7; Joel 2:10; Joel 2:31; Amos 5:20; Amos 8:9; Zephaniah 1:15; Matthew 24:29-35; Acts 2:20; Revelation 6:12-17; Revelation 8:12

G. Matthew 24:29: Isaiah 34:4; Revelation 6:13

H. Matthew 24:30: Matthew 24:3; Revelation 1:7

I. Matthew 24:30: Daniel 7:13; Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:3; Matthew 24:37; Matthew 24:39