Mark 13:24

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἀλλʼ ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις, μετὰ τὴν θλῖψιν ἐκείνην, ὁ ἥλιος σκοτισθήσεται, καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει τὸ φέγγος αὐτῆς,

Transliteration

But in those the hēmerais, after the thlipsin that, the hēlios skotisthēsetai, and the selēnē not dōsei the phengos of-her,

Grammar Details

• *hēmerais*: dative, feminine, plural - days
• *thlipsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - tribulation/affliction
• *hēlios*: nominative, masculine, singular - sun
• *skotisthēsetai*: future, indicative, passive, 3rd singular - will be darkened
• *selēnē*: nominative, feminine, singular - moon
• *dōsei*: future, indicative, active, 3rd singular - will give
• *phengos*: accusative, neuter, singular - light/radiance

Word Meanings

• *hēmerais*: days/times/periods
• *thlipsin*: tribulation/affliction/distress
• *hēlios*: sun/sunlight
• *skotisthēsetai*: will be darkened/dimmed/obscured
• *selēnē*: moon/lunar body
• *dōsei*: will give/provide/grant
• *phengos*: light/radiance/brightness

Referenced Verses

• Isa 13:10 : 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
• Ezek 32:7 : 7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
• Amos 5:20 : 20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
• Zeph 1:14-18 : 14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry 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, 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
• Matt 24:29-31 : 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun 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: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
• Luke 21:25-27 : 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
• Acts 2:19-20 : 19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
• 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
• 2 Pet 3:12 : 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
• Rev 6:12-14 : 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, the was a gat earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig te casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island we moved out of their places.
• Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a gat white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and the was found no place for them.
• Dan 7:10 : 10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
• Dan 12:1 : 1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
• Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
• Joel 2:30-31 : 30 And I will shew 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 the terrible day of the LORD come.
• Joel 3:15 : 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
• Isa 24:20-23 : 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. 22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited. 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
• Jer 4:23-25 : 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
• Jer 4:28 : 28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.