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Matthew 24:28

‘Vultures gather where the carcass is.’

Free Bible Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

27For the coming of the Son of man will be like the lightning that flashes brightly from east to west.

29But right after those days of persecution the sun will be darkened, the moon will not shine, the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord will bring a nation to attack you from a long way off, from the ends of the earth. They will swoop down upon you like an eagle, this nation whose language you won't understand.

Jeremiah 16:16But for the moment I'm going to send for many fishermen and they'll catch them, declares the Lord. Then I'm going to send for many hunters, and they'll hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from their hiding places in the rocks.

Luke 17:37“Where, Lord?” they asked. “Where the carcass is, that's where the vultures gather,” Jesus replied.

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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