KJV King James Version
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
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Matthew 16:28
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”
WEB World English Bible
Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”
ASV American Standard Version
Verily I say unto you, There are some of them that stand here, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Verily I say to you, there are certain of those standing here who shall not taste of death till they may see the Son of Man coming in his reign.’
Surrounding context — Matthew 16
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἈμὴνG281 · amēnamenλέγωG3004 · legōto sayὑμῖνG4771 · suyouὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatεἰσίνG1510 · eimito beτινεςG5100 · tisoneτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoὧδεG5602 · hōdehereἑστώτωνG2476 · histēmito standοἵτινεςG3748 · hostis, hētiswho/whichοὐG3756 · ounoμὴG3361 · mēnotγεύσωνταιG1089 · geuōto tasteθανάτουG2288 · thanatosdeathἕωςG2193 · heōsuntilἂνG302 · anifἴδωσινG1492 · eidōto perceive: understandτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoυἱὸνG5207 · uhiossonτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀνθρώπουG444 · anthrōposa humanἐρχόμενονG2064 · erchomaito come/goἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoβασιλείᾳG932 · basileiakingdomαὐτοῦ.¶G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Luke 9:27But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.Mark 9:1And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.John 8:52Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.Matthew 26:64Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.Matthew 10:23But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.Luke 21:27-28And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.Mark 13:26And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.Luke 2:26And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.Hebrews 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.Matthew 24:3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?Matthew 24:42Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.1 Thessalonians 1:10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.Luke 18:8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?Matthew 24:27-31For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
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