With a great sound of a trumpet (μετα σαλπιγγος φωνης μεγαλης). Some MSS. omit (φωνης) "sound." The trumpet was the signal employe…

And He shall send His angels. Angels signify, literally, me engers (Luke 7:24; Luke 9:52). The word is of…

He shall send his angels — These words are memorable as the formal expansion of what had been hinted at previously in the parables…

Our Lord’s first concern when He comes again, will be the security of “His elect.” He has gone to prepare a place for them, and when the place is r…

Origen of Alexandria: Because He had spoken of mourning, which will only serve for them to bear witness against and condemn t…

The sound of a loud trumpet (cf. Isaiah 27:13; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16) is a common eschatolog…

And He shall send His angels. He describes the effect of His power: that He will send His angels to gather His elect from the mos…

And he shall send his angels
Not the angels, i.e. ministering spirits, so called, not from their nature, but their o…

Christ foretells His second coming. It is usual for prophets to speak of things as near and just at hand, to express their greatness and certainty.…

After the Lord answered the disciples' question concerning the destruction of the city of Jerusalem, He begins here to answer them concerning His S…