Potts(1905-1910) 4056
4056. CHAPTER 31 In volume 3, by way of preface to chapters 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30, there have been unfolded the things spoken and foretold by the Lord concerning the consummation of the age or Last Judgment, in the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew, from the third to the twenty-eighth verse. The words which follow there in order remain to be explained, in this place the contents of verses 29, 30, and 31, where we read these words:
But immediately after the affliction of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth wail; and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He shall send forth His angels with a trumpet and a great voice, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from the end of the heavens even to the end thereof (Matt. 24:29-31).
Elliott(1983-1999) 4056
4056. The preliminary sections of Chapters 26-30 in Volume Three explained what the Lord has said and foretold in Matthew 24 about the Close of the Age, or the Last Judgement. Those sections covered verse 3 through to verse 28, and now the statements next in line come up for explanation. The preliminary section of this chapter deals with what is stated in verses 29-31 in the following words,
But immediately after the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn; and they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory; and He will send out His angels with a trumpet and a loud voice, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other end of them.
Latin(1748-1756) 4056
4056. GENESEOS CAPUT TRIGESIMUM PRIMUMIn Parte Tertia ante capita xxvi-xxx explicata sunt quae Dominus de Consummatione Saeculi seu Ultimo Judicio locutus est et praedixerat apud Matthaeum, capite ibi xxiv a versu 3 usque ad 28;
veniunt nunc explicanda quae ibi ordine sequuntur; ante hoc caput quae versibus 29-31, nempe haec verba, Statim autem post afflictionem dierum istorum, sol obscurabitur, et luna non dabit lumen suum, et stellae cadent de caelo, et potentiae caelorum commovebuntur. Et tunc apparebit signum Filii hominis in caelo, et tunc plangent omnes tribus terrae; et videbunt Filium hominis venientem in nubibus caeli cum potentia et gloria multa: Et emittet angelos suos cum tuba et voce magna, et congregabunt electos Ipsius a quatuor ventis, ab extremo caelorum usque ad extremum illorum.