unfoldingWord_en_tn/mat/24/31.md

# He will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet

"He will have a trumpet sounded and send his angels" or "He will have an angel blow a trumpet, and he will send his angels"

# He ... his

Jesus is speaking about himself in the third person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])

# they will gather

"his angels will gather"

# his elect

These are the people whom the Son of Man has chosen.

# from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other

Both of these mean the same thing. They are idioms that mean "from everywhere." Alternate translation: "from all over the world" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# He will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet`

			`"He will have a trumpet sounded and send his angels" or "He will have an angel blow a trumpet, and he will send his angels"`

Adjustment needed because of de-chunking. 2018-02-23 18:06:22 +00:00			`# He ... his`

			`Jesus is speaking about himself in the third person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])`

Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# they will gather`

			`"his angels will gather"`

			`# his elect`

			`These are the people whom the Son of Man has chosen.`

			`# from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`Both of these mean the same thing. They are idioms that mean "from everywhere." Alternate translation: "from all over the world" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00