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Behold, he cometh with the clouds (idou erchetai meta tōn nephelōn). Futuristic present middle indicative of erchomai, a reminiscence of Dan 7:13 (Theodotion). “It becomes a common eschatological refrain” (Beckwith) as in Mar 13:26; Mar 14:62; Mat 24:30; Mat 26:64; Luk 21:27. Compare the manifestation of God in the clouds at Sinai, in the cloudy pillar, the Shekinah, at the transfiguration” (Vincent).
Shall see (opsetai). Future middle of horaō, a reminiscence of Zec 12:10 according to the text of Theodotion (Aquila and Symmachus) rather than the lxx and like that of Mat 24:30 (similar combination of Daniel and Zechariah) and Mat 26:64. This picture of the victorious Christ in his return occurs also in Rev 14:14, Rev 14:18-20; Rev 19:11-21; Rev 20:7-10.
And they which (kai hoitines). “And the very ones who,” Romans and Jews, all who shared in this act.
Pierced (exekentēsan). First aorist active indicative of ekkenteō, late compound (Aristotle, Polybius, lxx), from ek and kenteō (to stab, to pierce), in N.T., only here and Joh 19:37, in both cases from Zec 12:10, but not the lxx text (apparently proof that John used the original Hebrew or the translation of Theodotion and Aquila).
Shall mourn (kopsontai). Future middle (direct) of koptō, old verb, to cut, “they shall cut themselves,” as was common for mourners (Mat 11:17; Luk 8:52; Luk 23:27). From Zec 12:12. See also Rev 18:9.
Tribes (phulai). Not just the Jewish tribes, but the spiritual Israel of Jews and Gentiles as in Rev 7:4-8. No nation had then accepted Christ as Lord and Saviour, nor has any yet done so.