Deborah13
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He is speaking to the Disciples in the hearing of the people.
The event that Jesus is referring to in the Olivet Discourse is found in Zechariah 12.
1 The burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him: 2 "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem...then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn. Zechariah 12:1-2,10
Compare to Matthew 24:30 -
30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
JLB
What is Matthew 24:30 had been translated "all the tribes of the Land" rather than "earth", what would you think then when comparing it to Zech 12? It could have just as easily been land as earth. In fact, the transliteration I use, says "land". http://www.scripture4all.org/OnlineInterlinear/NTpdf/mat24.pdf
G1093 = ghay
Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application): - country, earth (-ly), ground, land, world.
Revelation 1:7 YLT
Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen!