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

31 (B)And he shall send his Angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect, from the [e]four winds, and from the one end of the heavens unto the other.

32 [f]Now learn the parable of the fig tree: when her bough is yet [g]tender, and it putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Matthew 24:30 They shall be in such sorrow, that they shall strike themselves: and it is transferred to the mourning.
  4. Matthew 24:30 Sitting upon the clouds, as he was taken up into heaven.
  5. Matthew 24:31 From the four quarters of the world.
  6. Matthew 24:32 If God hath prescribed a certain order to nature, much more hath he done so to his eternal judgments, but the wicked understand it not, or rather make a mock at it: but the godly do mark it, and wait for it.
  7. Matthew 24:32 When his tenderness showeth that the sap which is the life of the tree, is come from the root into the bark.

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