Matthew 24:29

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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:

📖 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 it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
• Isa 24:23 : 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.
• 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.
• Joel 3:15 : 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
• Rev 6:12-17 : 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. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the gat men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every fe man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the gat day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
• Rev 8:12 : 12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
• 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.
• 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.
• Dan 7:11-12 : 11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. 12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
• Isa 34:4 : 4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
• 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:
• 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 1:14-15 : 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,
• Matt 24:8 : 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
• Matt 24:21 : 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
• Mark 13:24-25 : 24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
• Luke 21:25-26 : 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.
• Jer 4:23-28 : 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. 26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. 27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. 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.
• Ezek 32:7-8 : 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. 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.