Matthew 16:27

American Standard Version (1901)

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μέλλει γὰρ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεσθαι ἐν τῇ δόξῃ τοῦ Πατρὸς αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ· καὶ τότε ἀποδώσει ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὴν πρᾶξιν αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

For mellei the Huios of the anthrōpou erchesthai in the doxē of the Patros of him with the angelōn of him; and then he will apodōsei to each according to the praxin of him.

Grammar Details

• *mellei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - he is about to
• *Huios*: nominative singular masculine - Son
• *anthrōpou*: genitive singular masculine - of man
• *erchesthai*: present middle/passive infinitive - to come
• *doxē*: dative singular feminine - glory
• *Patros*: genitive singular masculine - of Father
• *angelōn*: genitive plural masculine - of angels
• *apodōsei*: future active indicative, 3rd person singular - he will repay/reward
• *praxin*: accusative singular feminine - deed/practice

Word Meanings

• *mellei*: is about to/will/is going to
• *Huios tou anthrōpou*: Son of Man (messianic title)
• *erchesthai*: to come/arrive
• *doxē*: glory/splendor/honor
• *Patros*: Father/progenitor
• *angelōn*: angels/messengers
• *apodōsei*: will repay/reward/render
• *praxin*: deed/practice/action

Referenced Verses

• Rom 2:6 : 6 who will render to every man according to his works:
• 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.
• Rev 22:12-15 : 12 Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. 14 Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right [to come] to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city. 15 Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
• Jude 1:14 : 14 And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
• Eph 6:8 : 8 knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.
• Rom 14:12 : 12 So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.
• Ps 62:12 : 12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth lovingkindness; For thou renderest to every man according to his work.
• Prov 24:12 : 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?
• Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him] ; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him] ; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
• Zech 14:5 : 5 And ye shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azel; yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and Jehovah my God shall come, and all the holy ones with thee.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
• Jer 32:19 : 19 great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
• Matt 13:49 : 49 So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous,
• Matt 24:30 : 30 and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
• Mark 8:38 : 38 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
• Luke 21:27 : 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
• Rev 1:7 : 7 Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one of you according to your works.
• Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
• Job 34:11 : 11 For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.
• 2 Thess 1:7-9 : 7 and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire, 8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus: 9 who shall suffer punishment, [even] eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, 10 when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day.
• Mark 14:62 : 62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.
• Luke 9:26 : 26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in his own glory, and [the glory] of the Father, and of the holy angels.
• Ezek 7:27 : 27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
• Matt 10:41-42 : 41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward: and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward.
• Dan 7:10 : 10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
• Luke 22:69 : 69 But from henceforth shall the Son of man be seated at the right hand of the power of God.
• Acts 1:11 : 11 who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? this Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye beheld him going into heaven.
• Matt 25:31 : 31 But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:
• Matt 26:64 : 64 Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.
• 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:
• 1 Thess 1:10 : 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.
• 1 Thess 4:16 : 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
• Matt 13:41 : 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,
• Matt 8:20 : 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
• 1 Cor 8:8 : 8 But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.