Matthew 24:28
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Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered together.

Deuteronomy 28:49 The Lord will bring upon thee a nation from afar, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, like an eagle that flyeth swiftly, whose tongue thou canst not understand,

Job 39:27-30 Will the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high places? . . .

Jeremiah 16:16 Behold I will send many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them: and after this I will send them many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill and out of the holes of the rocks.

Amos 9:1-4 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: Thy God, O Dan, liveth: and the way of Bersabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall rise no more. . . .

Luke 17:37 Who said to them: Wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.

Context
The Return of the Son of Man
27For as lightning cometh out of the east and appeareth even into the west: so shall also the cowling of the Son of man be. 28Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered together. 29And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of heaven shall be moved.…
Cross References
Job 39:30
Her young ones shall suck up blood: and wheresoever the carcass shall be, she is immediately there.

Ezekiel 39:17
And thou, O son of man, saith the Lord God, say to every fowl, and to all the birds, and to all the beasts of the field: Assemble yourselves, make haste, come together from every side to my victim, which I slay for you, a great victim upon the mountains of Israel: to eat flesh, and drink blood.

Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses are lighter than leopards, and swifter than evening wolves; and their horsemen shall be spread abroad: for their horsemen shall come from afar, they shall fly as an eagle that maketh haste to eat.

Luke 17:37
Who said to them: Wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.

Lexicon
Wherever
ὅπου (hopou)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3699: Where, whither, in what place. From hos and pou; what(-ever) where, i.e. At whichever spot.

there is
(ē)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

a carcass,
πτῶμα (ptōma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4430: A fall; a carcass, corpse, dead body. From the alternate of pipto; a ruin, i.e., lifeless body.

there
ἐκεῖ (ekei)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 1563: (a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there. Of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

vultures
ἀετοί (aetoi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 105: An eagle, bird of prey. From the same as aer; an eagle.

will gather.
συναχθήσονται (synachthēsontai)
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4863: From sun and ago; to lead together, i.e. Collect or convene; specially, to entertain.


Additional Translations
Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

For wherever the carcass may be, there the vultures will be gathered.

For wherever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

[For] wherever the carcase is, there will be gathered the eagles.

Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

For wherever the carcass is, there will the eagles be collected.

Wherever the dead body is, there will the vultures flock together.

For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures gather together.

for wherever the carcase may be, there shall the eagles be gathered together.
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