Matthew 24:29

American Standard Version (1901)

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:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Εὐθέως δὲ μετὰ τὴν θλῖψιν τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐκείνων ὁ ἥλιος σκοτισθήσεται, καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει τὸ φέγγος αὐτῆς, καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες πεσοῦνται ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν σαλευθήσονται:

Transliteration

But immediately after the thlipsin of the hēmerōn those the hēlios skotisthēsetai, and the selēnē not dōsei the phengos of her, and the asteres pesountai from the ouranou, and the dynameis of the ouranōn saleuthēsontai:

Grammar Details

• *thlipsin*: accusative feminine singular - tribulation/affliction
• *hēmerōn*: genitive feminine plural - of days
• *hēlios*: nominative masculine singular - sun
• *skotisthēsetai*: future passive, 3rd person singular - will be darkened
• *selēnē*: nominative feminine singular - moon
• *dōsei*: future active, 3rd person singular - will give
• *phengos*: accusative neuter singular - light
• *asteres*: nominative masculine plural - stars
• *pesountai*: future middle, 3rd person plural - will fall
• *ouranou*: genitive masculine singular - heaven/sky
• *dynameis*: nominative feminine plural - powers
• *ouranōn*: genitive masculine plural - of heavens
• *saleuthēsontai*: future passive, 3rd person plural - will be shaken

Word Meanings

• *thlipsin*: tribulation/affliction/distress
• *hēmerōn*: days/times
• *hēlios*: sun
• *skotisthēsetai*: will be darkened/obscured
• *selēnē*: moon
• *dōsei*: will give/provide/grant
• *phengos*: light/brightness/radiance
• *asteres*: stars/celestial bodies
• *pesountai*: will fall/drop/descend
• *ouranou*: heaven/sky/firmament
• *dynameis*: powers/forces/authorities
• *ouranōn*: heavens/skies
• *saleuthēsontai*: will be shaken/agitated/disturbed

Referenced Verses

• Amos 8:9 : 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
• Isa 24:23 : 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
• Isa 13:10 : 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.
• Joel 3:15 : 15 The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
• Rev 6:12-17 : 12 And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood; 13 and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind. 14 And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains; [ 16 and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?
• Rev 8:12 : 12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; that the third part of them should be darkened, and the day should not shine for the third part of it, and the night in like manner.
• 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
• Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
• Joel 2:30-31 : 30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.
• Dan 7:11-12 : 11 I beheld at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake; I beheld even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire. 12 And as for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
• Isa 34:4 : 4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a fading [leaf] from the fig-tree.
• Acts 2:19-20 : 19 And I will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord come, That great and notable [day] .
• Amos 5:20 : 20 Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
• Zeph 1:14-15 : 14 The great day of Jehovah is near, it is near and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of Jehovah; the mighty man crieth there bitterly. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
• Matt 24:8 : 8 But all these things are the beginning of travail.
• Matt 24:21 : 21 for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
• Mark 13:24-25 : 24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25 and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.
• Luke 21:25-26 : 25 And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows; 26 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
• Jer 4:23-28 : 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro. 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. 26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of Jehovah, [and] before his fierce anger. 27 For thus saith Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end. 28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.
• Ezek 32:7-8 : 7 And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.