24and they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and shall be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by nations, till the times of nations be fulfilled.
25`And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land [is] distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;
26men fainting at heart from fear, and expectation of the things coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
27`And then they shall see the Son of Man, coming in a cloud, with power and much glory;
28and these things beginning to happen bend yourselves back, and lift up your heads, because your redemption doth draw nigh.`
29And he spake a simile to them: `See the fig-tree, and all the trees,
30when they may now cast forth, having seen, of yourselves ye know that now is the summer nigh;