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Mark 13:25

And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

KJV

καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες ἔσονται ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πίπτοντες, καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις αἱ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς σαλευθήσονται.

Greek NT

et stellæ cæli erunt decidentes, et virtutes, quæ in cælis sunt, movebuntur.

Vulgate

and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.

ASV

And the stars of heaven shall be falling down and the powers that are in heaven shall be moved.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δύναμις
dunamis
noun · 119×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
πίπτω
pipto
verb · 89×
σαλεύω
saleuo
verb · 15×
ἀστήρ
aster
noun · 24×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἔσονται ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πίπτοντες | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔσονται ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πίπτοντες | RP: τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔσονται ἐκπίπτοντες
  • ἔσονται ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πίπτοντεςSBLGNT
  • ἔσονται ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πίπτοντεςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔσονται ἐκπίπτοντεςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 34:4 — And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig fro
  • Luke 21:26 — Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
  • Rev 6:13 — And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
  • Rev 12:1 — And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: