11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Second Coming

• The Ten Virgins

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Thess 4:16 — For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
• 1Thess 5:1 — But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
• 2Pet 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that
• 2Thess 1:7 — And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
• Amos 4:12 — Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
• Eccl 8:7 — For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
• Exod 11:4 — And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
• Isa 25:9 — And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
• John 5:28 — Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
• Jude 1:14 — And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
• Luke 12:20 — But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
• Luke 12:38 — And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
• Luke 12:38 — And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
• Luke 12:46 — The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
• Mal 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold,
• Mark 13:32 — But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
• Mark 13:33 — Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
• Matt 13:30 — Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my
• Matt 24:31 — And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
• Matt 24:44 — Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
• Matt 25:1 — Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
• Matt 25:10 — And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
• Matt 25:31 — 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:
• Matt 25:31 — 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:
• Ps 50:3 — Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
• Ps 96:13 — Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
• Ps 98:9 — Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
• Rev 16:15 — Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
• Rev 19:7 — Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.