Matthew 24:29

Geneva Bible (1560)

And immediately after ye tribulations of those dayes, shall the sunne be darkened, and the moone shall not giue her light, & the starres shall fal fro heauen, & ye powers of heaue shalbe shake.

📖 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 in that day, saith the Lorde God, I will euen cause the sunne to go downe at noone: and I will darken the earth in the cleare day.
• Isa 24:23 : 23 Then the moone shal be abashed, and the sunne ashamed, when the Lorde of hostes shall reigne in mount Zion and in Ierusalem: and glory shalbe before his ancient men.
• Isa 13:10 : 10 For the starres of heauen and the planets thereof shall not giue their light: the sunne shalbe darkened in his going foorth, and the moone shal not cause her light to shine.
• Joel 3:15 : 15 The sunne & moone shalbe darkened, and the starres shall withdrawe their light.
• Rev 6:12-17 : 12 And I behelde when hee had opened the sixt seale, and loe, there was a great earthquake, and the sunne was as blacke as sackecloth of heare, & the moone was like blood. 13 And the starres of heauen fell vnto the earth, as a figge tree casteth her greene figges when it is shaken of a mightie winde. 14 And heauen departed away, as a scroule, when it is rolled, and euery mountaine and yle were mooued out of their places. 15 And the Kinges of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chiefe captaines, and the mighty men, and euery bondman, and euery free man, hid themselues in dennes, & among the rockes of the mountaines, 16 And said to the mountaines & rocks, Fal on vs, and hide vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lambe. 17 For the great day of his wrath is come, and who can stand?
• Rev 8:12 : 12 And the fourth Angel blew the trumpet, and the thirde part of the sunne was smitten, and the thirde part of the moone, and the thirde part of the starres, so that the thirde part of them was darkened: and the day was smitten, that the thirde part of it could not shine, and likewise the night.
• 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thiefe in the night, in the which the heauens shall passe away with a noyse, and the elements shall melt with heate, and the earth with the workes that are therein, shalbe burnt vp.
• Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth shal tremble before him, ye heauens shal shake, the sunne & the moone shalbe darke, & the starres shal withdraw their shining,
• Joel 2:30-31 : 30 And I will shewe wonders in the heauens & in the earth: blood & fire, & pillars of smoke. 31 The sunne shalbe turned into darkenesse, and the moone into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.
• Dan 7:11-12 : 11 Then I behelde, because of the voyce of the presumptuous wordes, which the horne spake: I behelde, euen till the beast was slaine, and his body destroyed, and giuen to the burning fire. 12 As concerning the other beastes, they had taken away their dominion: yet their liues were prolonged for a certaine time and season.
• Isa 34:4 : 4 And all the hoste of heauen shalbe dissolued, and the heauens shall be folden like a booke: and all their hostes shall fall as the leafe falleth from the vine, and as it falleth from the figtree.
• Acts 2:19-20 : 19 And I wil shew wonders in heauen aboue, and tokens in the earth beneath, blood, and fire, and the vapour of smoke. 20 The Sunne shalbe turned into darkenesse, and the moone into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.
• Amos 5:20 : 20 Shal not the day of the Lord be darkenes, and not light? euen darkenes and no light in it?
• Zeph 1:14-15 : 14 The great day of the Lorde is neere: it is neere, and hasteth greatly, euen the voyce of the day of the Lord: the strong man shall cry there bitterly. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and heauinesse, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of obscuritie and darkenesse, a day of cloudes and blackenesse,
• Matt 24:8 : 8 All these are but ye beginning of sorowes.
• Matt 24:21 : 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the worlde to this time, nor shalbe.
• Mark 13:24-25 : 24 Moreouer in those dayes, after that tribulation, the sunne shall waxe darke, and ye moone shall not giue her light, 25 And the starres of heauen shall fall: and the powers which are in heauen, shall shake.
• Luke 21:25-26 : 25 Then there shalbe signes in the sunne, and in the moone, and in the starres, and vpon the earth trouble among the nations with perplexitie: the sea and the waters shall roare. 26 And mens hearts shal faile them for feare, and for looking after those thinges which shall come on the worlde: for the powers of heauen shall be shaken.
• Jer 4:23-28 : 23 I haue looked vpon the earth, and loe, it was without forme and voide: and to the heauens, and they had no light. 24 I behelde the mountaines: and loe, they trembled and all the hilles shooke. 25 I behelde, and loe, there was no man, and all the birdes of the heauen were departed. 26 I behelde, and loe, the fruitfull place was a wildernesse, and all the cities thereof were broken downe at the presence of the Lorde, and by his fierce wrath. 27 For thus hath the Lorde saide, The whole lande shall be desolate: yet will I not make a full ende. 28 Therefore shall the earth mourne, and the heauens aboue shall be darkened, because I haue pronounced it: I haue thought it, and will not repent, neither will I turne backe from it.
• Ezek 32:7-8 : 7 And when I shall put thee out, I will couer the heauen, and make the starres thereof darke: I will couer the sunne with a cloude, and the moone shall not giue her light. 8 All the lightes of heauen will I make darke for thee, and bring darkenesse vpon thy lande, sayeth the Lord God.