Mat 24:29 | NETfull | STEP | “Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken .

Matthew 24:29

The Arrival of the Son of Man

29 “Immediately ^{▼▼ Here δέ (de) has not been translated.} after the suffering ^{▼▼ Traditionally, “tribulation.”} of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. ^{▼▼ An allusion to Isa 13:10, 34:4 (LXX); Joel 2:10. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.}