Matthew 16:27

μέλλει points to something near and certain; note the emphatic position. ἔρχεσθαι ἐν τ. δ., the counterpart experience to the passion; stated objectively in reference to the Son of Man, the passion spoken of in the second person (Matthew 16:21). In Mk. both are objectively put; but the disciples took the reference as personal (Mark 8:32).

Matthew 16:27. his belongs to a third group of texts to be taken into account in an attempt to fix the import of the title those which refer to apocalyptic glory in terms drawn from Daniel 7:13. τότε ἀποδώσει : the Son of Man comes to make final awards. The reference to judgment comes in to brace up disciples to a heroic part. It is an aid to spirits not equal to this part in virtue of its intrinsic nobleness; yet not much of an aid to those to whom the heroic life is not in itself an attraction. The absolute worth of the true life is Christ's first and chief line of argument; this is merely subsidiary.