Luke 21

The Arrival of the Son of Man

25 "And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity from the noise of the sea and its surging, 26 people fainting from fear and expectation of what is coming on the inhabited earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.*An allusion to Isa 34:427 And then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud*An allusion to Dan 7:13 with power and great glory. 28 But when**Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("begin") these things begin to happen, stand up straight and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!"