Thomson(i)
21 For there will then be great affliction, such as hath not happened from the beginning of the world till now: no, nor ever shall be.
22 Indeed if those days were not shortened, no flesh could escape. But for the sake of the chosen, those days will be shortened.
23 At that time if any say to you, Lo! the Christ is here! or there! believe it not.
24 For false Christs and false prophets will rise up and give out great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if it were possible, even the chosen.
25 Behold I have forewarned you.
26 Therefore if they say to you, Behold he is in the desert, go not out. Or, behold he is in the secret apartments! do not believe them.
27 For as the lightning, which breaketh forth from the east, shineth even to the west, so will the coming of the son of man be.
28 For wherever the carcass is, there will the eagles be assembled.
29 Now immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give her splendour; and the stars will fall from heaven, and the heavenly powers will be shaken. And then will appear the sign of the son of man in heaven.