Matthew 24:35

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρέλθωσιν.

Transliteration

The ouranos and the gē pareleusontai, but the logoi of me not not parelthōsin.

Grammar Details

• *ouranos*: nominative masculine singular - heaven/sky
• *gē*: nominative feminine singular - earth/land
• *pareleusontai*: future middle, 3rd person plural - will pass away
• *logoi*: nominative masculine plural - words
• *parelthōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - might pass away

Word Meanings

• *ouranos*: heaven/sky/firmament
• *gē*: earth/land/world
• *pareleusontai*: will pass away/disappear/come to an end
• *logoi*: words/sayings/statements
• *parelthōsin*: might pass away/disappear/fail

Referenced Verses

• Isa 40:8 : 8 The grass dries up, the flowers wither, but the decree of our God is forever reliable.”
• 1 Pet 1:25 : 25 but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
• Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?
• Matt 5:18 : 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place.
• Isa 54:10 : 10 Even if the mountains are removed and the hills displaced, my devotion will not be removed from you, nor will my covenant of friendship be displaced,” says the LORD, the one who has compassion on you.
• Isa 55:11 : 11 In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend.”
• Prov 30:5 : 5 Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him.
• Isa 51:6 : 6 Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.
• Ps 89:34 : 34 I will not break my covenant or go back on what I promised.
• Jer 31:35-36 : 35 The Lord Guarantees Israel’s Continuance The LORD has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. 36 The LORD affirms,“The descendants of Israel will not cease forever to be a nation in my sight. That could only happen if the fixed ordering of the heavenly lights were to cease to operate before me.”
• Ps 102:26 : 26 They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear.
• Rev 6:14 : 14 The sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
• Rev 20:11 : 11 The Great White Throne Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
• 2 Pet 3:7-9 : 7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. 8 Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day. 9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare. 11 Since all these things are to melt away in this manner, what sort of people must we be, conducting our lives in holiness and godliness, 12 while waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God? Because of this day, the heavens will be burned up and dissolve, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze!
• Titus 1:2 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before time began.
• Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of the LORD is perfect and preserves one’s life. The rules set down by the LORD are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.
• Rev 3:14 : 14 To the Church in Laodicea“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator of God’s creation:
• Heb 1:11-12 : 11 They will perish, but you continue. And they will all grow old like a garment, 12 and like a robe you will fold them up and like a garment they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will never run out.”
• Isa 34:4 : 4 All the stars in the sky will fade away, the sky will roll up like a scroll; all its stars will wither, like a leaf withers and falls from a vine or a fig withers and falls from a tree.