Completion or the end of the age names a culmination whose setting is supplied by the passage. Matthew uses the word in Jesus' explanation of the harvest, in the disciples' question about His coming, and in His promise to be with them as they make disciples.
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Completion or the end of the age names a culmination whose setting is supplied by the passage. Matthew uses the word in Jesus' explanation of the harvest, in the disciples' question about His coming, and in His promise to be with them as they make disciples.
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include end (3), [the] end (2), of the end (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:39. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (5), Hebrews (1).
Completion or the end of the age names a culmination whose setting is supplied by the passage. Matthew uses the word in Jesus' explanation of the harvest, in the disciples' question about His coming, and in His promise to be with them as they make disciples. Hebrews speaks of Christ appearing once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by His own sacrifice.
These statements should be read with their different actions and time perspectives. The noun does not make the harvest explanation, a question and the once-for-all sacrifice interchangeable events. It also does not provide a calendar date on its own. Follow who speaks, what is being completed and what the passage says about judgment, mission or Christ's saving work.
Harvest judgment, Christ's continuing presence in disciple-making and His once-for-all sacrifice establish distinct settings for culmination language without an invented timetable.
And the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
Jesus identifies the harvest as the end of the age and the harvesters as angels within His explanation of the field parable.
And teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Jesus promises His presence as the disciples teach obedience to His commands, with the end-of-the-age wording attached to that mission promise.
Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
Christ's appearance at the end of the ages is described as once for all to remove sin by His sacrifice, in contrast with repeated offerings.
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Greek word. End of the age when God's plan reaches its appointed completion and fulfillment
End of the age when God's plan reaches its appointed completion and fulfillment
(συντελέω), [in LXX chiefly for כָּלָה and (in Da) for קוּם ;]
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
a completion, consummation, end
Read versea completion, consummation, end
Read versea completion, consummation, end
Read versea completion, consummation, end
Read versea completion, consummation, end
Read versea completion, consummation, end
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
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συντέλεια is built from this root:
Defines the eschatological endpoint of kingdom history.Matthew 13:36–43
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Matthew's final promise and Hebrews' sacrifice argument give different emphases to culmination language. Jesus assures His disciples of His presence while they make disciples and teach obedience to His commands. Hebrews contrasts repeated offerings with Christ's appearing once for all to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself, and then speaks of His future appearance to bring salvation to those awaiting Him.
The noun contributes to both statements, but the whole passages establish their theological claims. Matthew's harvest explanation also identifies judgment and angelic harvesters in its own parable interpretation. Read these actions before aligning the time expressions. The word does not independently generate a date, erase the once-for-all character of Christ's sacrifice or turn the mission promise into a speculative schedule.
Heb.9.26
The attributed Greek comparison gives consummation or completion in these New Testament settings. Earlier joint-action language in the comparison does not determine the end-of-the-age clauses; their subjects and arguments govern the meaning explained here.
Biblical comparisons about culmination require the individual passages and their stated actions. The Greek comparator's older-text parallels do not establish a universal prophecy schedule, while Hebrews' own sanctuary and sacrifice argument supplies the connection it makes to earlier worship patterns and Christ's once-for-all offering.