Matthew 16:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he will give to every man the reward of his works.

📖 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 give to every man his right reward:
• 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.
• Rev 22:12-15 : 12 See, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to every man the outcome of his works. 13 I am the First and the Last, the start and the end. 14 A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town. 15 Outside are the dogs, and those who make use of evil powers, those who make themselves unclean, and the takers of life, and those who give worship to images, and everyone whose delight is in what is false.
• Jude 1:14 : 14 The prophet Enoch, who was the seventh after Adam, said of these men, The Lord came with tens of thousands of his saints,
• Eph 6:8 : 8 In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free.
• Rom 14:12 : 12 So every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God.
• Ps 62:12 : 12 And mercy, O Lord, is yours, for you give to every man the reward of his work.
• Prov 24:12 : 12 If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?
• Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways. 11 Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.
• Zech 14:5 : 5 And the valley will be stopped ... and you will go in flight as you went in flight from the earth-shock in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah: and the Lord my God will come, and all his holy ones with him.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.
• Jer 32:19 : 19 Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:
• Matt 13:49 : 49 So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good,
• Matt 24:30 : 30 And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
• Mark 8:38 : 38 Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
• Luke 21:27 : 27 And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.
• Rev 1:7 : 7 See, he comes with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those by whom he was wounded; and all the tribes of the earth will be sorrowing because of him. Yes, so be it.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.
• Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, taking their places before the high seat; and the books were open, and another book was open, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by the things which were in the books, even by their works.
• Job 34:11 : 11 For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.
• 2 Thess 1:7-9 : 7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire, 8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus: 9 Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength, 10 At his coming, when he will have glory in his saints, and will be a cause of wonder in all those who had faith (because our witness among you had effect) in that day.
• Mark 14:62 : 62 And Jesus said, I am: and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.
• Luke 9:26 : 26 For if any man has a feeling of shame because of me or of my words, the Son of man will have shame because of him when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
• Ezek 7:27 : 27 The king will give himself up to sorrow, and the ruler will be clothed with wonder, and the hands of the people of the land will be troubled: I will give them punishment for their ways, judging them as it is right for them to be judged; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.
• Matt 10:41-42 : 41 He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward. 42 And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.
• Dan 7:10 : 10 A stream of fire was flowing and coming out from before him: a thousand thousands were his servants, and ten thousand times ten thousand were in their places before him: the judge was seated and the books were open.
• Luke 22:69 : 69 But in the future the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.
• Acts 1:11 : 11 And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.
• Matt 25:31 : 31 But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he be seated in his glory:
• Matt 26:64 : 64 Jesus says to him, You say so: but I say to you, From now you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.
• 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:
• 1 Thess 1:10 : 10 Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.
• 1 Thess 4:16 : 16 Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first;
• Matt 13:41 : 41 The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,
• Matt 8:20 : 20 And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.
• 1 Cor 8:8 : 8 But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better.