KJV King James Version
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:
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Matthew 25:31
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
WEB World English Bible
“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
ASV American Standard Version
But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory :
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory;
Surrounding context — Matthew 25
28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give [it] unto him which hath ten talents.
29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
31 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:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth [his] sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὍτανG3752 · hotanwhen(-ever)δὲG1161 · dethenἔλθῃG2064 · erchomaito come/goὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoυἱὸςG5207 · uhiossonτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀνθρώπουG444 · anthrōposa humanἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoδόξῃG1391 · doxagloryαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandπάντεςG3956 · pasallοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄγγελοιG32 · angelosangelμετ᾽G3326 · metawith/afterαὐτοῦ,G846 · autosit/s/heτότεG5119 · totethenκαθίσειG2523 · kathizōto seatἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstθρόνουG2362 · thronosthroneδόξηςG1391 · doxagloryαὐτοῦ,G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Revelation 1:7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they [also] which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.2 Thessalonians 1:7-8And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,Matthew 19:28And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.Mark 8:38Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.Jude 1:14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,Matthew 16:27For 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.Psalm 9:7But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.Daniel 7:13-14I saw in the night visions, and, behold, [one] like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.John 5:27-29And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.Zechariah 14:5And ye shall flee [to] the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, [and] all the saints with thee.Luke 9:26For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and [in his] Father’s, and of the holy angels.Revelation 3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.Mark 14:62And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.John 1:51And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.1 Thessalonians 4:16For 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: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.Acts 1:11Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
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