# Didache 16.6

- 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/16/6/

Summary: The signs of the end: an opening in heaven, a trumpet, and the resurrection.

## Greek text

καὶ τότε φανήσεται τὰ σημεῖα τῆς ἀληθείας· πρῶτον σημεῖον ἐκπετάσεως ἐν οὐρανῷ, εἶτα σημεῖον φωνῆς σάλπιγγος, καὶ τὸ τρίτον ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν.

## English translation (Claude)

And then the signs of the truth will appear: first the sign of an opening in heaven, then the sign of the sound of a trumpet, and third the resurrection of the dead;

## Scripture references

- Matt 24:30: allusion, medium confidence
- Matt 24:31: allusion, medium confidence
- 1 Thess 4:16: allusion, medium confidence
- 1 Cor 15:52: echo, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- “An opening” (ἐκπετάσεως): literally “a spreading out”; perhaps the heavens opened, or the outstretched arms of the cross.

## Citation (SBL)

Did. 16.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/16/6/).