Mark 13 · Verse 27

Mark 13:27

And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Mark 13:27, King James Version

Mark 13:27 in other translations

BSBAnd 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.
WEBThen he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.
ASVAnd then shall he send forth the angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
YLTand then he shall send his messengers, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth unto the end of heaven.
DARBYand then shall he send his angels and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from end of earth to end of heaven.
BBEAnd then he will send out the angels, and will get together his saints from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.
WebsterAnd then he will send his angels, and will assemble his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

What does Mark 13:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. And then shall he send his angels--"with a great sound of a trumpet" (Mt 24:31). and shall gather together his elect, &c.--As the tribes of Israel were anciently gathered together by sound of trumpet (Ex 19:13, 16, 19; Le 23:24; Psa 81:3-5), so any mighty gathering of God's people, by divine command, is represented as collected by sound of trumpet (Is 27:13; compare Re 11:15); and the ministry of angels, employed in all the great operations of Providence, is here held forth as the agency by which the present assembling of the elect is to be accomplished. Lightfoot thus explains it: "When Jerusalem shall be reduced to ashes, and that wicked nation cut off and rejected, then shall the Son of man send His ministers with the trumpet of the Gospel, and they shall gather His elect of the several nations, from the four corners of heaven: so that God shall not want a Church, although that ancient people of His be rejected and cast off: but that ancient Jewish Church being destroyed, a new Church shall be called out of the Gentiles." But though something like this appears to be the primary sense of the verse, in relation to the destruction of Jerusalem, no one can fail to see that the language swells beyond any gathering of a human family into a Church upon earth, and forces the thoughts onward to that gathering of the Church "at the last trump," to meet the Lord in the air, which is to wind up the present scene. Still, this is not, in our judgment, the direct subject of the prediction; for Mr 13:28 limits the whole prediction to the generation then existing.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 13:24-27

The disciples had confounded the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world. This mistake Christ set right, and showed that the day of Christ's coming, and the day of judgment, shall be after that tribulation. Here he foretells the final dissolution of the present frame and fabric of the world. Also, the visible appearance of the Lord Jesus coming in the clouds, and the gathering together of all the elect to…

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Mark 13:27 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
τότεtotethenG5119
ἀποστελεῖaposteleiHe will sendG649
τοὺςtoustheG3588
ἀγγέλουςangelousangelsG32
αὐτοῦautouof himG846
καὶkaiandG2532
ἐπισυνάξειepisunaxeiwill gather togetherG1996
τοὺςtoustheG3588
ἐκλεκτοὺςeklektouselectG1588
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846
ἐκekfromG1537
τῶνtōntheG3588
τεσσάρωνtessarōnfourG5064
ἀνέμωνanemōnwindsG417
ἀπ᾽ap᾽from [the]G575
ἄκρουakrouendG206
γῆςgēsof earthG1093
ἕωςhe'ōsuntil [the]G2193
ἄκρουakrouendG206
οὐρανοῦ.ouranouof heaven.G3772

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Cross references for Mark 13:27

  • Zechariah 2:6

    Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.

  • Matthew 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.

  • Deuteronomy 30:4

    If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:

  • Revelation 7:1-3

    And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:1

    Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

  • Mark 13:20

    And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

  • Luke 16:22

    And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

  • Matthew 13:41

    The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17

    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 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: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

  • Revelation 7:5-9

    Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. …

  • Matthew 25:31-32

    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: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

  • Isaiah 65:9

    And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shall he.
Mt 13:41,49; 24:31; Lu 16:22; Re 7:1-3; 15:6,7
shall gather.
Ge 49:10; Mt 25:31,32; Joh 10:16; 11:52; 1Th 4:14-17; 2Th 2:1
Re 7:5-9
his elect.
20,22; Isa 65:9; Mt 24:22,24,31; Lu 18:7; Ro 8:33; Col 3:12
2Ti 2:10; 1Pe 1:2
from.
De 30:4; Mt 12:42

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Context

  • Mark 13:26

    And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

  • Mark 13:27

    And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

  • Mark 13:28

    Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:

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Mark 13:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y entonces enviará sus ángeles, y juntará sus escogidos de los cuatro vientos, desde el cabo de la tierra hasta el cabo del cielo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et alors il enverra ses anges, et il rassemblera ses élus des quatre vents, depuis le bout de la terre jusqu’au bout du ciel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und dann wird er seine Engel aussenden und seine Auserwählten versammeln von den vier Winden her, vom Ende der Erde bis zum Ende des Himmels.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et tunc mittet angelos suos, et congregabit electos suos a quatuor ventis, a summo terræ usque ad summum cæli.