Matius 16:28

16:28 I tell you the truth, ¹  there are some standing here who will not ²  experience ³  death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.” ⁴ 

Matius 24:27

24:27 For just like the lightning ⁵  comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

Matius 24:30

24:30 Then ⁶  the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, ⁷  and ⁸  all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They ⁹  will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven ¹⁰  with power and great glory.

Matius 24:48

24:48 But if ¹¹  that evil slave should say to himself, ¹²  ‘My master is staying away a long time,’

Matius 25:13

25:13 Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour. ¹³ 

Matius 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 ¹⁴  of the Power ¹⁵  and coming on the clouds of heaven.” ¹⁶ 

[16:28]  ¹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[16:28]  ² tn The Greek negative here (οὐ μή, ou mh) is the strongest possible.

[16:28]  ³ tn Grk “will not taste.” Here the Greek verb does not mean “sample a small amount” (as a typical English reader might infer from the word “taste”), but “experience something cognitively or emotionally; come to know something” (cf. BDAG 195 s.v. γεύομαι 2).

[16:28]  ⁴ sn Several suggestions have been made as to the referent for the phrase the Son of Man coming in his kingdom: (1) the transfiguration itself, which immediately follows in the narrative; (2) Jesus’ resurrection and ascension; (3) the coming of the Spirit; (4) Christ’s role in the Church; (5) the destruction of Jerusalem; (6) Jesus’ second coming and the establishment of the kingdom. The reference to six days later in 17:1 seems to indicate that Matthew had the transfiguration in mind insofar as it was a substantial prefiguring of the consummation of the kingdom (although this interpretation is not without its problems). As such, the transfiguration would be a tremendous confirmation to the disciples that even though Jesus had just finished speaking of his death (in vv. 21-23), he was nonetheless the promised Messiah and things were proceeding according to God’s plan.

[24:27]  ⁵ sn The Son of Man’s coming in power will be sudden and obvious like lightning. No one will need to point it out.

[24:30]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[24:30]  ⁷ tn Or “in the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.

[24:30]  ⁸ tn Here τότε (tote, “then”) has not been translated to avoid redundancy in English.

[24:30]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[24:30]  ¹⁰ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13. Here is Jesus returning with full authority to judge.

[24:48]  ¹¹ tn In the Greek text this is a third class condition that for all practical purposes is a hypothetical condition (note the translation of the following verb “should say”).

[24:48]  ¹² tn Grk “should say in his heart.”

[25:13]  ¹³ tc Most later mss (C³ ˹³ 1424^c Ï) also read here “in which the Son of Man is coming” (ἐν ᾗ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται, en |h Jo Juio" tou anqrwpou ercetai), reproducing almost verbatim the last line of Matt 24:44. The longer reading thus appears to be an explanatory expansion and should not be considered authentic. The earlier and better witnesses ({̳⁵ א A B C* D L W Δ Θ Ë¹ 33 565 892 1424* lat co}) lack this phrase.

[26:64]  ¹⁴ 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.

[26:64]  ¹⁵ 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.

[26:64]  ¹⁶ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13 (see also Matt 24:30).