Matthew 24:31

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he shall send his Angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect, from the foure windes, and from the one ende of the heauens vnto 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 also shall the great trumpe be blowen, and they shall come, which perished in the land of Asshur: and they that were chased into the lande of Egypt, and they shall worship the Lord in the holy Mount at Ierusalem.
• 1 Thess 4:16 : 16 For the Lorde himselfe shall descende from heauen with a shoute, and with the voyce of the Archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
• 1 Cor 15:52 : 52 In a moment, in the twinckling of an eye at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall blow, and the dead shalbe raysed vp incorruptible, and we shalbe changed.
• 2 Thess 2:1 : 1 Nowe we beseech you, brethren, by the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ, and by our assembling vnto him,
• Mark 13:27 : 27 And he shall then send his Angels, & shal gather together his elect from the foure windes, and from the vtmost part of the earth to the vtmost part of heauen.
• Matt 13:41 : 41 The Sonne of man shal send forth his Angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which doe iniquitie,
• Matt 24:22 : 22 And except those dayes should be shortened, there should no flesh be saued: but for the elects sake those dayes shalbe shortened.
• John 11:52 : 52 And not for that nation onely, but that he shoulde gather together in one the children of God, which were scattered.
• Zech 14:5 : 5 And yee shall flee vnto the valley of the mountaines: for the valley of the mountaines shal reache vnto Azal: yea, yee shall flee like as ye fled from the earthquake in the daies of Vzziah King of Iudah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the Saints with thee.
• Eph 1:10 : 10 That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the times, he might gather together in one all things, both which are in heauen, and which are in earth, euen in Christ:
• Acts 26:19-20 : 19 Wherefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient vnto the heauenly vision, 20 But shewed first vnto them of Damascus, and at Hierusalem, & throughout all the coasts of Iudea, & then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turne to God, and doe workes worthy amendement of life.
• Rom 10:18 : 18 But I demaund, Haue they not heard? No doubt their sound went out through all the earth, and their wordes into the endes of the worlde.
• Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he saide vnto them, Goe ye into all the worlde, and preach the Gospel to euery creature. 16 He that shall beleeue and be baptized, shalbe saued: but he that will not beleeue, shalbe damned.
• Luke 24:47 : 47 And that repentance, and remission of sinnes should be preached in his Name among all nations, beginning at Hierusalem.
• Rev 1:20-2:1 : 20 The misterie of the seuen starres which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seuen golden candlestickes, is this, The seuen starres are the Angels of the seuen Churches: and the seuen candlestickes which thou sawest, are the seuen Churches. 1 Vnto the Angel of the Church of Ephesus write, These things saieth he that holdeth the seuen starres in his right hand, and walketh in the middes of the seuen golden candlestickes.
• Rev 7:1 : 1 And after that, I sawe foure Angels stand on the foure corners of the earth, holding the foure windes of the earth, that the winds should not blow on the earth, neither on the sea, neither on any tree.
• Rev 8:2 : 2 And I sawe the seuen Angels, which stoode before God, and to them were giuen seuen trumpets.
• Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seuenth Angell blewe the trumpet, and there were great voyces in heauen, saying, The kingdomes of this worlde are our Lordes, and his Christes, and he shall reigne for euermore.
• Rev 14:6-9 : 6 Then I sawe another Angel flie in the mids of heauen, hauing an euerlasting Gospel, to preach vnto them that dwell on the earth, and to euery nation, and kinred, and tongue, and people, 7 Saying with a loude voyce, Feare God, and giue glory to him: for the houre of his iugdement is come: and woriship him that made heauen & earth, and the sea, and the fountaines of waters. 8 And there followed another Angel, saying, Babylon that great citie is fallen, it is fallen: for she made all nations to drinke of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 9 And the third Angel followed them, saying with a loude voyce, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receiue his marke in his forehead, or on his hand,
• Matt 25:31 : 31 And when the Sonne of man commeth in his glory, and all the holy Angels with him, then shall he sit vpon the throne of his glorie,
• Matt 28:18 : 18 And Iesus came, and spake vnto them, saying, All power is giuen vnto me, in heauen, and in earth.
• Num 10:1-9 : 1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Make thee two trumpets of siluer: of an whole piece shalt thou make the, that thou mayest vse them for the assembling of the Congregation, and for the departure of the campe. 3 And when they shall blowe with them, all the Congregation shall assemble to thee before the doore of the Tabernacle of the Cogregation. 4 But if they blowe with one, then the princes, or heades ouer the thousandes of Israel shall come vnto thee. 5 But if ye blow an alarme, then the campe of the that pitch on the East part, shal go forward. 6 If ye blowe an alarme the second time, then the hoste of them that lie on the Southside shal march: for they shal blowe an alarme when they remoue. 7 But in assembling the Congregation, ye shall blowe without an alarme. 8 And the sonnes of Aaron the Priest shall blowe the trumpets, and ye shall haue them as a lawe for euer in your generations. 9 And when ye goe to warre in your lande against the enemie that vexeth you, ye shall blowe an alarme with the trumpets, and ye shall bee remembred before the Lorde your God, and shalbe saued from your enemies. 10 Also in the day of your gladnesse, and in your feast dayes, & in the beginning of your moneths, ye shal also blow the trumpets ouer your burnt sacrifices, and ouer your peace offrings, that they may be a remembrance for you before your God: I am the Lorde your God.
• Deut 30:4 : 4 Though thou werest cast vnto the vtmost part of heauen, from thence will the Lorde thy God gather thee, & fro thence wil he take thee,
• Ps 22:27 : 27 All the endes of the worlde shall remember themselues, and turne to the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• Ps 67:7 : 7 God shall blesse vs, and all the endes of the earth shall feare him.
• Ps 81:3 : 3 Blowe the trumpet in the newe moone, euen in the time appointed, at our feast day.
• Isa 11:12 : 12 And he shall set vp a signe to the nations, and assemble the dispersed of Israel, and gather the scattered of Iudah from the foure corners of the worlde.
• Isa 13:5 : 5 They come from a farre countrey, from the end of the heauen: euen the Lord with the weapons of his wrath to destroy the whole land.
• Isa 42:10 : 10 Sing vnto the Lorde a newe song, and his praise from the ende of the earth: yee that goe downe to the sea, and all that is therein: the yles and the inhabitants thereof.
• Isa 43:6 : 6 I will say to the North, Giue: and to the South, Keepe not backe: bring my sonnes from farre, & my daughters from the ends of the earth.
• Isa 45:22 : 22 Looke vnto me, and ye shall be saued: all the endes of the earth shall be saued: for I am God, and there is none other.
• Isa 49:18 : 18 Lift vp thine eies round about and behold: all these gather themselues together and come to thee: as I liue, sayeth the Lorde, thou shalt surely put them all vpon thee as a garment, and girde thy selfe with them like a bride.
• Isa 60:4 : 4 Lift vp thine eyes round about, & beholde: all these are gathered, and come to thee: thy sonnes shall come from farre, and thy daughters shalbe nourished at thy side.
• Dan 7:2 : 2 Daniel spake and saide, I sawe in my vision by night, and behold, the foure windes of the heauen stroue vpon the great sea:
• Zech 2:6 : 6 Ho, ho, come forth, & flee from the land of the North, saith the Lord: for I haue scattered you into the foure winds of the heauen, saith ye Lord.
• Zech 9:10 : 10 And I wil cut off the charets from Ephraim, and the horse from Ierusalem: the bowe of the battel shalbe broken, & he shal speake peace vnto the heathen, & his dominion shalbe from sea vnto sea, & from the Riuer to the end of the land.
• Zech 9:14 : 14 And the Lord shalbe seene ouer them, and his arrowe shal go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shal blowe the trumpet, and shal come forth with the whirlewindes of the South.