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The Arrival of the Son of Man

29 “Immediately[a] after the suffering[b] of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:29 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
  2. Matthew 24:29 tn Traditionally, “tribulation.”
  3. Matthew 24:29 sn An allusion to Isa 13:10; 34:4 (LXX); Joel 2:10. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.