# Didache 16.8

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Didache](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/) (*Doctrina duodecim apostolorum*)
- Date: ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:332; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 308–333 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/16/8/

Summary: The world will see the Lord coming on the clouds.

## Greek text

τότε ὄψεται ὁ κόσμος τὸν κύριον ἐρχόμενον ἐπάνω τῶν νεφελῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.

## English translation (Claude)

Then the world will see the Lord coming upon the clouds of heaven.

## Scripture references

- Matt 24:30: allusion, high confidence
- Dan 7:13: echo, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- The manuscript ends here; the original ending may be lost.

## Citation (SBL)

Did. 16.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/16/8/).