Daniel 7:10

7:10 A river of fire was streaming forth

and proceeding from his presence.

Many thousands were ministering to him;

Many tens of thousands stood ready to serve him.

The court convened

and the books were opened.

Matthew 16:27

16:27 For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.

Matthew 24:30-31

24:30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 24:31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Matthew 25:31

The Judgment

25:31 “When 10  the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

Matthew 26:64

26:64 Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand 11  of the Power 12  and coming on the clouds of heaven.” 13 

Matthew 26:2

26:2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over 14  to be crucified.” 15 

Matthew 1:8-10

1:8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah, 1:9 Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 1:10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, 16  Amon the father of Josiah,

Jude 1:14

1:14 Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, 17  even prophesied of them, 18  saying, “Look! The Lord is coming 19  with thousands and thousands 20  of his holy ones,

Revelation 1:7

1:7 (Look! He is returning with the clouds, 21 

and every eye will see him,

even 22  those who pierced him, 23 

and all the tribes 24  on the earth will mourn because 25  of him.

This will certainly come to pass! 26  Amen.) 27 

Revelation 20:11

The Great White Throne

20:11 Then 28  I saw a large 29  white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven 30  fled 31  from his presence, and no place was found for them.


tn Aram “were standing before him.”

tn Aram “judgment sat.”

sn An allusion to Pss 28:4; 62:12; cf. Prov 24:12.

tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

tn Or “in the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.

tn Here τότε (tote, “then”) has not been translated to avoid redundancy in English.

tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

sn An allusion to Dan 7:13. Here is Jesus returning with full authority to judge.

tn Or “of the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.

10 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

11 sn An allusion to Ps 110:1. This is a claim that Jesus shares authority with God in heaven. Those present may have thought they were his judges, but, in fact, the reverse was true.

12 sn The expression the right hand of the Power is a circumlocution for referring to God. Such indirect references to God were common in 1st century Judaism out of reverence for the divine name.

13 sn An allusion to Dan 7:13 (see also Matt 24:30).

14 tn Or “will be delivered up.”

15 sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.

16 tc ᾿Αμώς (Amws) is the reading found in the earliest and best witnesses (א B C [Dluc] γ δ θ Ë1 33 pc it sa bo), and as such is most likely original, but this is a variant spelling of the name ᾿Αμών (Amwn). The translation uses the more well-known spelling “Amon” found in the Hebrew MT and the majority of LXX mss. See also the textual discussion of “Asa” versus “Asaph” (vv. 7-8); the situation is similar.

17 tn Grk “the seventh from Adam.”

18 tn Grk “against them.” The dative τούτοις (toutois) is a dativus incommodi (dative of disadvantage).

19 tn Grk “has come,” a proleptic aorist.

20 tn Grk “ten thousands.” The word μυριάς (muria"), from which the English myriad is derived, means “ten thousand.” In the plural it means “ten thousands.” This would mean, minimally, 20,000 (a multiple of ten thousand). At the same time, the term was often used in apocalyptic literature to represent simply a rather large number, without any attempt to be specific.

21 sn An allusion to Dan 7:13.

22 tn Here καί (kai) was translated as ascensive.

23 sn An allusion to Zech 12:10.

24 tn In this context, tribes (φυλαί, fulai) could also be translated as “nations” or “peoples” (L&N 11.56).

25 tn The conjunction ἐπί (epi) is most likely causal here. The people who crucified him are those of every tribe on the earth and they will mourn because he comes as judge.

26 tn Grk “Yes, Amen.” The expression “This will certainly come to pass” is an attempt to capture the force of the juxtaposition of the Greek ναί (nai) and the Hebrew ἀμήν (amhn). See L&N 69.1.

27 sn These lines are placed in parentheses because they form an aside to the main argument.

28 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

29 tn Traditionally, “great,” but μέγας (megas) here refers to size rather than importance.

30 tn Or “and the sky.” The same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky,” and context usually determines which is meant. In this apocalyptic scene, however, it is difficult to be sure what referent to assign the term.

31 tn Or “vanished.”