When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
Parallel translations
- WEB “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.
- KJV 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:
- ESV “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
- NKJV “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.
- NASB “But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.
- NLT “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne.
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Quick answer
When the Son of Man comes in glory with all the angels, he will sit on his glorious throne. Christ returns as the King and Judge of all.
Overview
This scene of final judgment opens with Christ enthroned in divine glory, attended by angels. The once-humble Son of Man now appears as the sovereign King foretold in Daniel 7. His coming is the climax toward which the whole discourse has pointed. It assures believers of his ultimate triumph and warns all of coming accountability before him.
Cross-references & the web
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- Rev 1:7Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
- 2 Th 1:7–8and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels
- Matt 19:28Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Mark 8:38If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
- Jude 1:14Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
- Matt 16:27For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- Ps 9:7But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
- John 5:27–29And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
- Zech 14:5You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.
- John 1:51Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
- Dan 7:13–14In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.
- 1 Th 4:16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
- Luke 9:26If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
- Mark 14:62“I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”
- Rev 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
- Rev 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
- Matt 26:64“You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
- Heb 1:8But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Acts 1:11“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
- Luke 22:69But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
- Matt 25:6At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
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