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will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. <a href="/blb/matthew/24.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And He will send His angels with a great trumpet call, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens to the ends thereof. <a href="/kjv/matthew/24.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/matthew/24.htm">New King James Version</a> And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. <a href="/nasb_/matthew/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET BLAST, and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. <a href="/nasb/matthew/24.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. <a href="/nasb77/matthew/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. <a href="/lsb/matthew/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. <a href="/amp/matthew/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And He will send His angels with A LOUD TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect (God’s chosen ones) from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. <a href="/csb/matthew/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. <a href="/hcsb/matthew/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. <a href="/asv/matthew/24.htm">American Standard Version</a> And he shall send forth 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. <a href="/cev/matthew/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> At the sound of a loud trumpet, he will send his angels to bring his chosen ones together from all over the earth. <a href="/erv/matthew/24.htm">English Revised Version</a> And he shall send forth 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. <a href="/gwt/matthew/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and from every direction under the sky, they will gather those whom God has chosen. <a href="/gnt/matthew/24.htm">Good News Translation</a> The great trumpet will sound, and he will send out his angels to the four corners of the earth, and they will gather his chosen people from one end of the world to the other. <a href="/isv/matthew/24.htm">International Standard Version</a> He'll send out his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they'll gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to another." <a href="/msb/matthew/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. <a href="/net/matthew/24.htm">NET Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nheb/matthew/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. <a href="/wbt/matthew/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And he will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. <a href="/wey/matthew/24.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet-blast, and they will bring together His own People to Him from north, south, east and west--from one extremity of the world to the other. <a href="/web/matthew/24.htm">World English Bible</a> He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and He will send His messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens to the ends thereof. <a href="/blb/matthew/24.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And He will send His angels with a great trumpet call, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens to the ends thereof. <a href="/ylt/matthew/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and he shall send his messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens unto the ends thereof. <a href="/slt/matthew/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he shall send his messengers, with the great voice of the trumpet, and they shall bring together his chosen from the four winds, from the extremities of the heavens to the extremities.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And he shall send his angels with a trumpet, and a great voice: and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the farthest parts of the heavens to the utmost bounds of them. <a href="/cpdv/matthew/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he shall send out his Angels with a trumpet and a great voice. And they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the heights of the heavens, even to their furthest limits. <a href="/nabre/matthew/24.htm">New American Bible</a> And he will send out his angels with a trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he will send his angels with a large trumpet, and they will gather his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the universe to the other. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/24.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And he will send his Angels with great trumpets, and they will gather his own elect from the four winds, from all the ends of the heavens.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/24.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And he will send his angels with a trumpet of great voice, and they shall gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.<CM> <a href="/godbey/matthew/24.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet, and they will gather His elect out of the four winds, from the extremities of the heavens, unto the extremities of the same.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/matthew/24.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And he shall send forth his angels with a trumpet, and a great shout, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the extremities of the heavens to the extremities of the same.<CM> <a href="/mace/matthew/24.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and he shall send his messengers, who with the shrill sound of a trumpet, shall gather together his select from the four winds, from one end of the heaven to the other. <a href="/wey/matthew/24.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet-blast, and they will bring together His own People to Him from north, south, east and west--from one extremity of the world to the other. <a href="/worrell/matthew/24.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>And He will send forth His angels, with the sound of a great trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/matthew/24.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>and He will send forth his messengers with a trumpet of a loud voice, and they shall gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/matthew/24-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=7297" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/24.htm">The Return of the Son of Man</a> …30At that time 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 coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 31<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/649.htm" title="649: apostelei (V-FIA-3S) -- From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.">He will send out</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/32.htm" title="32: angelous (N-AMP) -- From aggello; a messenger; especially an angel; by implication, a pastor.">angels</a> <a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: meta (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. ">with</a> <a href="/greek/3173.htm" title="3173: megalēs (Adj-GFS) -- Large, great, in the widest sense. ">a loud</a> <a href="/greek/4536.htm" title="4536: salpingos (N-GFS) -- A trumpet, the sound of a trumpet. Perhaps from salos; a trumpet.">trumpet call,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1996.htm" title="1996: episynaxousin (V-FIA-3P) -- To collect, gather together, assemble. From epi and sunago; to collect upon the same place.">they will gather</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1588.htm" title="1588: eklektous (Adj-AMP) -- From eklegomai; select; by implication, favorite.">elect</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5064.htm" title="5064: tessarōn (Adj-GMP) -- Four. Or neuter tessara a plural number; four.">four</a> <a href="/greek/417.htm" title="417: anemōn (N-GMP) -- The wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines. From the base of aer; wind; by implication, quarters.">winds,</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: ap’ (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">from</a> <a href="/greek/206.htm" title="206: akrōn (N-GNP) -- The end, extremity. Neuter of an adjective probably akin to the base of akmen; the extremity.">one end</a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranōn (N-GMP) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">of the heavens</a> <a href="/greek/2193.htm" title="2193: heōs (Prep) -- A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.">to</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/206.htm" title="206: akrōn (N-GNP) -- The end, extremity. Neuter of an adjective probably akin to the base of akmen; the extremity.">other.</a> 32Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16-17</a> For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. / After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">1 Corinthians 15:52</a> in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. <a href="/revelation/11-15.htm">Revelation 11:15</a> Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.” <a href="/revelation/7-1.htm">Revelation 7:1-3</a> After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree. / And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: / “Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have placed a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.” <a href="/isaiah/27-13.htm">Isaiah 27:13</a> And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. <a href="/zechariah/9-14.htm">Zechariah 9:14</a> Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south. <a href="/revelation/14-14.htm">Revelation 14:14-16</a> And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. / Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe.” / So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. <a href="/daniel/7-13.htm">Daniel 7:13-14</a> In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. / And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed. <a href="/revelation/1-7.htm">Revelation 1:7</a> Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen. <a href="/isaiah/11-12.htm">Isaiah 11:12</a> He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth. <a href="/deuteronomy/30-4.htm">Deuteronomy 30:4</a> Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there. <a href="/isaiah/43-6.htm">Isaiah 43:6</a> I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth— <a href="/ezekiel/37-9.htm">Ezekiel 37:9-10</a> Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!” / So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army. <a href="/psalms/50-3.htm">Psalm 50:3-5</a> Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him. / He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people: / “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.” <a href="/joel/2-1.htm">Joel 2:1</a> Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.he.<a href="/matthew/28-18.htm">Matthew 28:18</a> And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.<a href="/mark/16-15.htm">Mark 16:15,16</a> And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature… <a href="/luke/24-47.htm">Luke 24:47</a> And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.his angels.<a href="/matthew/13-41.htm">Matthew 13:41</a> The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;<a href="/matthew/25-31.htm">Matthew 25:31</a> When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:<a href="/revelation/1-20.htm">Revelation 1:20</a> The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.with.<a href="/numbers/10-1.htm">Numbers 10:1-10</a> And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, … <a href="/psalms/81-3.htm">Psalm 81:3</a> Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.<a href="/isaiah/27-13.htm">Isaiah 27:13</a> And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.a great sound of a trumpet.<a href="/isaiah/11-12.htm">Isaiah 11:12</a> And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.<a href="/isaiah/49-18.htm">Isaiah 49:18</a> Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.<a href="/isaiah/60-4.htm">Isaiah 60:4</a> Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.from.<a href="/psalms/22-27.htm">Psalm 22:27</a> All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.<a href="/psalms/67-7.htm">Psalm 67:7</a> God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.<a href="/isaiah/13-5.htm">Isaiah 13:5</a> They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/22-30.htm">Angels</a> <a href="/matthew/22-8.htm">Ast</a> <a href="/matthew/24-24.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/matthew/24-27.htm">East</a> <a href="/matthew/24-24.htm">Elect</a> <a href="/matthew/24-14.htm">End</a> <a href="/matthew/12-42.htm">Ends</a> <a href="/daniel/5-24.htm">Extremity</a> <a href="/matthew/16-10.htm">Four</a> <a href="/matthew/24-28.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/matthew/24-30.htm">Great</a> <a href="/matthew/24-30.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-14.htm">Horn</a> <a href="/matthew/20-30.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-4.htm">North</a> <a href="/matthew/24-24.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/matthew/24-24.htm">Saints</a> <a href="/matthew/24-30.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/matthew/18-8.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/matthew/12-42.htm">South</a> <a href="/matthew/23-26.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/matthew/24-28.htm">Together</a> <a href="/matthew/6-2.htm">Trumpet</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Trumpet-Blast</a> <a href="/matthew/24-27.htm">West</a> <a href="/matthew/8-27.htm">Winds</a> <a href="/matthew/24-21.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/24-36.htm">Angels</a> <a href="/matthew/22-8.htm">Ast</a> <a href="/matthew/27-15.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/mark/13-27.htm">East</a> <a href="/mark/13-20.htm">Elect</a> <a href="/matthew/24-34.htm">End</a> <a href="/mark/13-27.htm">Ends</a> <a href="/mark/5-23.htm">Extremity</a> <a href="/mark/2-3.htm">Four</a> <a href="/matthew/25-26.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/matthew/25-21.htm">Great</a> <a href="/matthew/24-35.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/luke/1-69.htm">Horn</a> <a href="/matthew/25-6.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/mark/13-27.htm">North</a> <a href="/matthew/24-51.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/matthew/27-52.htm">Saints</a> <a href="/matthew/24-35.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/luke/1-44.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/mark/13-27.htm">South</a> <a href="/matthew/27-34.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/matthew/25-14.htm">Together</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/13-1.htm">Trumpet</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Trumpet-Blast</a> <a href="/mark/13-27.htm">West</a> <a href="/mark/13-27.htm">Winds</a> <a href="/matthew/25-34.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 24</div>1. <a href="/matthew/24-1.htm">Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple;</a> 3. <a href="/matthew/24-3.htm">what and how great calamities shall be before it;</a> 29. <a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">the signs of his coming to judgment.</a> 36. <a href="/matthew/24-36.htm">And because that day and hour are unknown,</a> 42. <a href="/matthew/24-42.htm">we ought to watch like good servants, expecting our Master's coming.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the biblical context, angels are frequently involved in significant events, such as the announcement of Jesus' birth (<a href="/luke/1-26.htm">Luke 1:26-38</a>) and His resurrection (<a href="/matthew/28-2.htm">Matthew 28:2-7</a>). The sending of angels here underscores the importance and divine orchestration of the event being described.with a loud trumpet call The trumpet is a symbol of significant events in biblical history, often associated with the presence of God and the gathering of His people. In the Old Testament, trumpets were used to announce the Year of Jubilee (<a href="/leviticus/25-9.htm">Leviticus 25:9</a>) and to signal the gathering of the Israelites (<a href="/numbers/10-2.htm">Numbers 10:2-10</a>). In the New Testament, the trumpet is linked to the return of Christ and the resurrection of the dead (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">1 Corinthians 15:52</a>, <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16</a>). The loudness of the trumpet call emphasizes the universal and unmistakable nature of this divine summons.and they will gather His elect The term "elect" refers to those chosen by God, a concept rooted in the Old Testament where Israel is described as God's chosen people (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a>). In the New Testament, the elect are those who have faith in Christ, encompassing both Jews and Gentiles (<a href="/romans/8-33.htm">Romans 8:33</a>, <a href="/colossians/3-12.htm">Colossians 3:12</a>). The gathering of the elect signifies the fulfillment of God's promise to bring His people together, a theme echoed in prophecies such as <a href="/isaiah/43-5.htm">Isaiah 43:5-6</a>.from the four winds This phrase symbolizes the universality of the gathering, indicating that God's people will be brought together from all corners of the earth. The "four winds" is a common biblical expression denoting the entirety of the earth (<a href="/ezekiel/37-9.htm">Ezekiel 37:9</a>, <a href="/zechariah/2-6.htm">Zechariah 2:6</a>). It highlights the global scope of God's redemptive plan and the inclusivity of His kingdom.from one end of the heavens to the other This expression further emphasizes the comprehensive nature of the gathering. It suggests not only a geographical but also a cosmic scope, indicating that no part of creation is beyond God's reach. This mirrors the promise of a new creation where heaven and earth are united under Christ's reign (<a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1-3</a>). The phrase assures believers of the certainty and completeness of God's plan to unite His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this prophecy, Jesus is foretelling events related to His second coming. 2. <a href="/topical/a/angels.htm">Angels</a> Heavenly beings who serve God and are sent to gather the elect. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_elect.htm">The Elect</a> Refers to those chosen by God, believers who are faithful to Him. 4. <a href="/topical/f/four_winds.htm">Four Winds</a> Symbolic of the entire earth, indicating a global gathering. 5. <a href="/topical/h/heavens.htm">Heavens</a> The sky or the universe, emphasizing the vastness of the gathering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_christ's_return.htm">The Certainty of Christ's Return</a> Jesus' prophecy assures believers of His return and the fulfillment of God's promises. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_angels.htm">The Role of Angels</a> Angels are active participants in God's plan, serving as messengers and gatherers of the faithful. <a href="/topical/t/the_global_nature_of_god's_kingdom.htm">The Global Nature of God's Kingdom</a> The gathering from the four winds emphasizes the inclusivity and universality of God's kingdom. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_being_among_the_elect.htm">The Importance of Being Among the Elect</a> Encourages believers to live faithfully, ensuring they are counted among the elect. <a href="/topical/h/hope_and_encouragement_for_believers.htm">Hope and Encouragement for Believers</a> This prophecy provides hope and assurance of eternal life with Christ.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) He shall send his angels.--The words are memorable as the formal expansion of what had been, as it were, hinted before in the parables of the Tares (<a href="/matthew/13-41.htm" title="The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;">Matthew 13:41</a>) and the Net (<a href="/matthew/13-49.htm" title="So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,">Matthew 13:49</a>).With a great sound of a trumpet.--The better MSS. omit "sound:" With a great trumpet. We know not, and cannot know, what reality will answer to this symbol, but it is interesting to note how deeply it impressed itself on the minds not only of the disciples who heard it, but of those who learnt it from them. When St. Paul speaks of the "trumpet" that shall "sound" (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-52.htm" title="In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.">1Corinthians 15:52</a>), of "the voice of the archangel and the trump of God" (<a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm" title="For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:">1Thessalonians 4:16</a>), we feel that he was reproducing what had been thus proclaimed, and that his eschatology, or doctrine of the last things, was based on a knowledge of, at least, the substance of the great prophetic discourse recorded in the Gospels.They shall gather together his elect.--The "elect" are the same in idea, though not necessarily the same individuals, as those for whom the days were to be shortened in <a href="/matthew/24-22.htm" title="And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.">Matthew 24:22</a>; and the work of the angels is that of gathering them, wherever they may be scattered, into the one fold. As with so many of the pregnant germs of thought in this chapter, the work of the angels is expanded by the visions of the Apocalypse, when the seer beheld the angels come and seal the hundred and forty-four thousand in their foreheads before the work of judgment should begin (<a href="/revelation/7-2.htm" title="And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,">Revelation 7:2</a>). In each case the elect are those who are living on the earth at the time of the second Advent. In these chapters there is, indeed, no distinct mention of the resurrection of the dead, though they, as well as the living, are implied in the parable of judgment with which the discourse ends. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 31. - His angels. As the executors of his will, to bring before his throne all who have to be judged. They have the same office in the parable of the tares and the wheat (<a href="/matthew/13-41.htm">Matthew 13:41</a>). With a great sound of a trumpet (μετὰ σάλπιγγος φωνῆς μεγάλης, which may also mean, with a trumpet of great sound). Some manuscripts, with the Vulgate, read, "with a trumpet and a great voice;" others, "with a great trumpet," omitting "voice." All, however, agree in asserting the employment of the trumpet on this momentous occasion (comp. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">1 Corinthians 15:52</a>; <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16</a>). The term may be metaphorical for a voice exceeding loud (comp. <a href="/revelation/1-10.htm">Revelation 1:10</a>; <a href="/revelation/4-1.htm">Revelation 4:1</a>); but it is more probably to be taken in the obvious sense, with a reference to its use among the Jews in calling the assembly and giving the alarm. Of course, the occurrence is supernatural. It is, indeed, as great a miracle for a sound to be heard simultaneously in both hemispheres as it is for Christ to be seen at the same moment by all dwellers on the globe. This is a matter to be believed, not explained. Shall gather together his elect. The angels will infallibly select these from the mass of men, either by spiritual insight or Divine direction. The elect are not Israelites alone, but true believers of all nations (see ver. 14 and <a href="/john/17-20.htm">John 17:20, 21</a>). These are first collected, and then the reprobate are summoned, according to <a href="/matthew/25-41.htm">Matthew 25:41</a>. From the four winds. The four cardinal points, i.e. from every quarter of the earth. Four is the number of the world or the universe. From one end...the other; literally, from the ends of the heavens unto their end, as <a href="/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">Deuteronomy 4:32</a> - a parallel to the preceding clause. From horizon to horizon, though this expression, taken literally, is not extensive enough. <a href="/commentaries/matthew/24-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>And καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. He will send out ἀποστελεῖ (apostelei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_649.htm">Strong's 649: </a> From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. angels ἀγγέλους (angelous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_32.htm">Strong's 32: </a> From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor. with μετὰ (meta) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3326.htm">Strong's 3326: </a> (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. a loud μεγάλης (megalēs) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3173.htm">Strong's 3173: </a> Large, great, in the widest sense. trumpet call, σάλπιγγος (salpingos) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4536.htm">Strong's 4536: </a> A trumpet, the sound of a trumpet. Perhaps from salos; a trumpet. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. they will gather ἐπισυνάξουσιν (episynaxousin) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1996.htm">Strong's 1996: </a> To collect, gather together, assemble. From epi and sunago; to collect upon the same place. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. elect ἐκλεκτοὺς (eklektous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1588.htm">Strong's 1588: </a> From eklegomai; select; by implication, favorite. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. the τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. four τεσσάρων (tessarōn) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5064.htm">Strong's 5064: </a> Four. Or neuter tessara a plural number; four. winds, ἀνέμων (anemōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_417.htm">Strong's 417: </a> The wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines. From the base of aer; wind; by implication, quarters. from ἀπ’ (ap’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. one end ἄκρων (akrōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_206.htm">Strong's 206: </a> The end, extremity. Neuter of an adjective probably akin to the base of akmen; the extremity. of the heavens οὐρανῶν (ouranōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. to ἕως (heōs) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_2193.htm">Strong's 2193: </a> A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until. the τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. [other]. ἄκρων (akrōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_206.htm">Strong's 206: </a> The end, extremity. 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