“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.
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:
- BSB When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
- 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.
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- Rev 1:7Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
- 2 Th 1:7–8and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
- Matt 19:28Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Mark 8:38For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father’s glory, with the holy angels.”
- Jude 1:14About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
- Matt 16:27For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.
- Ps 9:7But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
- John 5:27–29He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.
- Zech 14:5You shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel; yes, you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.
- John 1:51He said to him, “Most certainly, I tell you, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
- Dan 7:13–14I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
- 1 Th 4:16For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
- Luke 9:26For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
- Mark 14:62Jesus said, “I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.”
- Rev 20:11I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
- Rev 3:21He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
- Matt 26:64Jesus said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”
- Heb 1:8But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.
- Acts 1:11who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky, will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.”
- Luke 22:69From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
- Matt 25:6But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’
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