Matthew 24:28

[For] wherever the carcase is, there will be gathered the eagles.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

In Context

27For as the lightning goes forth from the east and shines to the west, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

29But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:49Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from afar, from the end of the earth, like as the eagle flieth, a nation whose tongue thou understandest not;

Jeremiah 16:16Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Jehovah, and they shall fish them; and afterwards will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them, from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

Luke 17:37And answering they say to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body [is], there the eagles will be gathered together.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:5-32

Awful Predictions. 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall… Read the whole commentary →

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