Matthew 24:31

And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus addresses His disciples on the Mount of Olives, describing the moment immediately following His visible return in glory.

The words — ἀποστελεῖ (apostelei) means "He will send," and σάλπιγγος φωνῆς (salpingos phōnēs) literally translates to "trumpet voice."

The thread — The gathering of the elect by angels and a trumpet sound appears in Mark 13:27, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, and Isaiah 27:13.

Why it lands — The text states that divine agents will collect the elect from across the entire sky, establishing that the event is a definitive, universal act of God rather than a gradual human process.

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The Greek words

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

1 Thessalonians 4:16 For 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.
Mark 13:27 And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
Isaiah 27:13 And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
1 Corinthians 15:52 in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
Isaiah 11:12 He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Matthew 13:41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
2 Thessalonians 2:1 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers,
Psalms 22:27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
Isaiah 43:6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—
Isaiah 45:22 Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.