Mat 24:31 | RWP | e4.org | With a great sound of a trumpet ( μετα σαλπιγγος φωνης μεγαλης ). Some MSS. omit ( φωνης ) "sound." The trumpet was the signal employed to call the hosts of Israel to march as to war and is common in prophetic imagery ( ). Cf. the seventh angel ( ). Clearly "the coming of the son of man is not to be identified with the judgment of Jerusalem but rather forms its preternatural background" (Bruce).

‏ Matthew 24:31

With a great sound of a trumpet ( μετα σαλπιγγος φωνης μεγαλης ). Some MSS. omit ( φωνης ) "sound." The trumpet was the signal employed to call the hosts of Israel to march as to war and is common in prophetic imagery (Isa 27:13). Cf. the seventh angel (Re 11:15). Clearly "the coming of the son of man is not to be identified with the judgment of Jerusalem but rather forms its preternatural background" (Bruce).