Matthew 24:31

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And he shall sende his Angels, with the great sounde of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen, from the foure wyndes, euen from one ende of heauen, to the other.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀποστελεῖ τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ μετὰ σάλπιγγος φωνῆς μεγάλης, καὶ ἐπισυνάξουσιν τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀνέμων, ἀπʼ ἄκρων οὐρανῶν ἕως ἄκρων αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

And he apostelei the angelous of him with salpingos phōnēs megalēs, and they episynaxousin the eklektous of him from the four anemōn, from akrōn of ouranōn to akrōn of them.

Grammar Details

• *apostelei*: future active, 3rd person singular - will send forth
• *angelous*: accusative masculine plural - angels/messengers
• *salpingos*: genitive feminine singular - of trumpet
• *phōnēs*: genitive feminine singular - of sound/voice
• *megalēs*: genitive feminine singular - great/loud
• *episynaxousin*: future active, 3rd person plural - will gather together
• *eklektous*: accusative masculine plural - chosen ones/elect
• *anemōn*: genitive masculine plural - of winds
• *akrōn*: genitive neuter plural - extremities/ends
• *ouranōn*: genitive masculine plural - of heavens

Word Meanings

• *apostelei*: will send forth/dispatch
• *angelous*: angels/messengers
• *salpingos*: trumpet/horn
• *phōnēs*: sound/voice/noise
• *megalēs*: great/loud/mighty
• *episynaxousin*: will gather together/assemble/collect
• *eklektous*: chosen ones/elect/selected ones
• *anemōn*: winds/directions
• *akrōn*: extremities/ends/boundaries
• *ouranōn*: heavens/skies

Referenced Verses

• Isa 27:13 : 13 In that day shall the great trumpe be blowne, so that they which were lost in the lande of Assyria, and they that were banished in the lande of Egypt, shall come and worship the Lorde in the holye mount of Hierusalem.
• 1 Thess 4:16 : 16 For the Lorde hym selfe shal descende from heauen in a shoute, and in the voyce of the Archangell, and in the trumpe of God: And the dead in Christ shall aryse first.
• 1 Cor 15:52 : 52 In a moment, in the twynklyng of an eye, at the last trumpe. For the trumpe shall blowe, and the dead shall ryse incorruptible, and we shalbe chaunged.
• 2 Thess 2:1 : 1 We besech you brethren, by the comming of our Lorde Iesus Christe, and by our assembling vnto hym,
• Mark 13:27 : 27 And then shall he sende his Angels, and shall gather together his elect, from the foure wyndes, from the ende of the earth, to the vtmost part of heauen.
• Matt 13:41 : 41 The sonne of man shall sende foorth his Angels, and they shall gather out of his kyngdome, all thynges that offende, and them which do iniquitie:
• Matt 24:22 : 22 Yea, and except those dayes shoulde be shortened, there shoulde no fleshe be saued: but for the chosens sake, those dayes shalbe shortened.
• John 11:52 : 52 And not for the people only: but that he shoulde gather together in one, the chyldren of God, that were scattered abrode.
• Zech 14:5 : 5 And ye shall flee vnto the valley of my hylles, for the valley of the hylles shall reache vnto Asal: yea, flee shall ye lyke as ye fled for the earthquake in the dayes of Oziah king of Iuda: and the Lorde my God shall come, and all the sainctes with him.
• Eph 1:10 : 10 That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the tymes, he myght gather together in one all thinges in Christe, both which are in heauen, and which are in earth, in hym.
• Acts 26:19-20 : 19 Wherfore, O kyng Agrippa, I was not disobedient vnto the heauenly visio: 20 But shewed first vnto them of Damascus, & at Hierusalem, and throughout all the coastes of Iurie, and then to the gentiles, that they shoulde repent, and turne to God, and do such workes as become them that repent.
• Rom 10:18 : 18 But I aske: Haue they not hearde? No doubt, their sounde went out into all landes, and their wordes into the endes of the worlde.
• Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he sayde vnto them: Go ye into all the worlde, and preache the Gospell to all creatures. 16 He that beleueth, and is baptized, shalbe saued: But he that beleueth not, shalbe dampned.
• Luke 24:47 : 47 And that repentaunce and remission of sinnes shoulde be preached in his name among all nations, and must begyn at Hierusalem.
• Rev 1:20-2:1 : 20 The misterie of the seuen starres which thou sawest in my ryght hande, and the seuen golde candlestickes. The seuen starres, are the Angels of the seue Churches: And the seuen candlestickes whiche thou sawest, are the seuen Churches. 1 Vnto the Angel of the Churche at Ephesus, write: these thynges sayth he that holdeth the seuen starres in his ryght hande, and that walketh in the middes of the seuen golden candlestickes:
• Rev 7:1 : 1 And after that, I sawe foure angels stande on the foure corners of the earth, holding the foure wyndes of ye earth, that the wynde shoulde not blowe on the earth, neither on the sea, neither on any tree.
• Rev 8:2 : 2 And I sawe the seuen angels standyng before God, and to them were geuen seuen trumpets.
• Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seuenth angell blewe, & there were made greate voyces in heauen, saying: the kyngdomes of this worlde are our Lordes, and his Christes, and he shall raigne for euermore.
• Rev 14:6-9 : 6 And I sawe another angell flee in the middes of heauen, hauyng the euerlastyng Gospell, to preache vnto them that sit and dwel on the earth, and to all nations, and kinredes, and tongues, and people, 7 Saying with a loude voyce: Feare God, and geue honour to hym, for the houre of his iudgement is come: and worshippe hym that made heauen and earth, and the sea, and fountaynes of water. 8 And there folowed another angell, saying: Babylon is fallen is fallen that great citie, for she made all nations drinke of the wyne of the wrath of her fornication. 9 And the thirde angell folowed them, saying with a loude voyce: If any man worshippe the beast and his image, and receaue his marke in his foreheade, or on his hande,
• Matt 25:31 : 31 When the sonne of man shall come in his glorie, and all the holy Angels with hym, then shall he sitte vpon the throne of his glorie.
• Matt 28:18 : 18 And Iesus came, and spake vnto the, saying: All power is geuen vnto me in heauen and in earth.
• Num 10:1-9 : 1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 2 Make thee two trumpettes of siluer: of an whole peece shalt thou make them, that thou mayest vse them to call the congregation together, and when the campe shall iourney. 3 And when they shal blowe with them, all the multitude shall resort to thee before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And if they blowe but one trumpet, then the princes which are heades ouer the thousandes of Israel shall come vnto thee. 5 But if ye blowe an alarme, the hoastes that lye on the east partes shall go forwarde. 6 And if ye blowe the alarme the second tyme, the hoast that lyeth on the south side shall take their iourney: for they shall blowe an alarme when they take their iourneyes. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, they shall blowe without an alarme. 8 And the sonnes of Aaron the priestes shall blowe with their trumpettes, and ye shall haue them as a lawe for euer in your generations. 9 And if ye go to warre in your lande agaynst your enemies that vexe you, ye shall blowe an alarme with the trumpettes, and ye shalbe remembred before the Lorde your God, to be saued from your enemies. 10 Also in the day of your gladnesse, and in your feast dayes, & in the begynnyng of your monethes, ye shall blowe the trumpettes ouer your burnt sacrifices and peace offerynges, that they may be a remembraunce for you before your God: I am the Lorde your God.
• Deut 30:4 : 4 Though thou wast cast vnto the extreme partes of heauen: euen from thence wyll the Lorde thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
• Ps 22:27 : 27 All the endes of the worlde shall remember them selues and be turned vnto God: and all the kinredes of the nations shall worshyp before thy face.
• Ps 67:7 : 7 The Lorde will blesse vs: and all the endes of the worlde shall feare him.
• Ps 81:3 : 3 Blowe vp the trumpet in the newe moone, euen in the time appointed: and vpon our solempne feast day.
• Isa 11:12 : 12 And he shall set vp a token among the gentiles, and gather together the dispearsed of Israel, yea and the outcastes of Iuda from the foure corners of the worlde.
• Isa 13:5 : 5 They come out of a farre countrey from the ende of the heauen, euen the Lorde hym selfe with the ministers of his wrath, to destroy the whole lande.
• Isa 42:10 : 10 Sing vnto the Lorde a newe song of thankesgeuing, blowe out his prayse from the ende of the worlde: they that be vpon the sea, and all that is therein prayse hym, the Isles and they that dwell in them.
• Isa 43:6 : 6 I wyll say to the north, let go, and to the south kepe not backe: but bring me my sonnes from farre, and my daughters from the endes of the worlde.
• Isa 45:22 : 22 And therfore turne you vnto me, all ye endes of the earth, that ye may be saued: for I am God, and there is els none.
• Isa 49:18 : 18 Lift vp thine eyes and loke about thee, all these gather them together and come to thee: As truely as I lyue saith the Lorde, thou shalt put them all vpon thee as an apparell, and girde them to thee as a bride doth her iewels.
• Isa 60:4 : 4 Lift vp thyne eyes, and loke rounde about thee: all these gather them selues and come to thee, thy sonnes shall come vnto thee from farre, and thy daughters shall gather them selues to thee on euery side.
• Dan 7:2 : 2 Daniel spake and saide: I sawe in my vision by night, and beholde, the foure windes of heauen stroue vpon the great sea,
• Zech 2:6 : 6 O get you foorth, O flee from the land of the north, saith the Lorde: for I haue scattred you into the foure windes of the heauen, saith the Lorde.
• Zech 9:10 : 10 I wyl roote out the charrets from Ephraim, and the horse from Hierusalem, the battaile bowes shalbe destroyed, he shal geue the doctrine of peace vnto the heathen: and his dominion shalbe from the one sea to the other, & from the ryuer to the ende of the worlde.
• Zech 9:14 : 14 The Lorde God shalbe seene aboue them, and his dartes shall go foorth as the lightning: the Lorde God shall blowe the trumpet, & shall come foorth as a storme out of the south.